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Brooklyn Nets tip Blazers at buzzer
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Royce O’Neale converts tiebreaking tip-in with 0.7 second remaining

Кеvin Durant scored 35 points and Royce O’Neale capped his first career triple-double by converting the tiebreaking tip-in with 0.7 second remaining as the Brooklyn Nets earned a 109-107 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday.

O’Neale had 11 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. Yuta Watanabe added 20 points off the bench and Ben Simmons scored a season-high 15 points before fouling out with 24 seconds left.

“He (Simmons) was incredible tonight,” said Durant. “I thought he did a good job of commanding the offense, commanding the team on the defensive side of the ball. He was able to control the game and get us back into it.”

“People make it seem like I had a sprained ankle or something,” Simmons said. “I came back from back surgery, that’s not easy. I’m getting there.”

Damian Lillard scored 25 points and 11 assists for the Blazers.

Portland shot only 38.7% from the field, including 29% in the second half.