Nets' Kyrie Irving delivers first career game-winning buzzer-beater

TORONTO -- Kyrie Irving knocked down the first buzzer-beating game winner of his NBA career in a thrilling 119-116 win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night.

Irving shook off Raptors guard Fred VanVleet as the final seconds ticked off the clock, stepped behind the 3-point line and nailed the clutch shot to give the Nets their fifth straight win and their ninth in the past 10 games.

The play was originally drawn up for Nets star forward Kevin Durant, but Durant told Nets coach Jacque Vaughn to switch it to Irving as the team was coming out of its final timeout.

"He was already cooking, so I didn't want to get in his way," Durant said after the game. "We kept finding him late in the game. He…