MIAMI — Armoni Brooks had practice on Tuesday, on Long Island, for Brooklyn's G League team. He was told to get on a flight to Miami a couple hours after that workout essentially because of roster depletion.
Good call.
Brooks scored 17 points off the bench in 16 minutes, Mikal Bridges led Brooklyn with 21 points and the Nets erased a 15-point second-half deficit to beat the Miami Heat 109-105 on Wednesday night.
"That's the best part of basketball, showing up with who you have and staying together as a team and pulling out a victory on the road against a really good team," Nets coach Jacque Vaughn said.