Houston Rockets @ Brooklyn Nets
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY | Game ID: 22400711
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
BKN 22 22 27 28 99HOU 23 23 21 30 97
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Late 3s by Johnson and Russell give the Nets a 99-97 win over the Rockets
NEW YORK -- — Keon Johnson and D'Angelo Russell made 3-pointers in the final 10 seconds , and the Brooklyn Nets stunned the Houston Rockets 99-97 on Tuesday night for their first home victory in two months.
Brooklyn trailed 97-93 when Tosan Evbuomwan inbounded the ball to Johnson, who made a 3 from the wing with 8.1 seconds left. Houston's Amen Thompson then threw an inbounds pass that skipped past Dillon Brooks , and Evbuomwan tipped it to Russell, who buried a 3 to put the Nets ahead with 3.4 seconds remaining.
Jalen Green missed a deep 3 at the buzzer for the Rockets as Brooklyn (17-33) ended its 11-game skid at Barclays Center.
Johnson scored 22 points, and Evbuomwan and Nic Claxton each scored 14. Russell had 10 points on 3-of-15 shooting.
Alperen Sengun had 24 points and 20 rebounds while Reed Sheppard and Brooks each finished with 16 for the Rockets (32-18), who have lost four straight — two to Brooklyn — since a four-game winning streak that included two wins over Cleveland and one against Boston.
Takeaways Rockets: Thompson was named the Western Conference Player of the Month for January. Thompson, who on Tuesday was selected to the NBA Rising Stars Challenge, averaged 1.4 blocks and 2.2 steals over 12 games last month, the only player to average at least two steals and one block during that time.
Nets: Brooklyn swept the season series from the Rockets for the first time since 2022-23.
Key moment The Nets were down by nine points midway through the third quarter and responded with a 14-0 run in which Claxton and Tyrese Martin did all the scoring.
Key stat Brooklyn’s last victory at Barclays Center was on Dec. 4 against Indiana.
Up next Brooklyn continues its six-game homestand Wednesday against Washington. Houston visits Minnesota on Thursday.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
BKNDR D. Russell
DS D. Sharpe
JW J. Wilson
KJ K. Johnson
NC N. Claxton
RB R. Beekman
TE T. Evbuomwan
TM T. Martin
TW T. Watford
ZW Z. Williams
HOUAH A. Holiday
AS A. Sengun
AT A. Thompson
CW C. Whitmore
DB D. Brooks
JG J. Green
JT J. Tate
JG Ja. Green
RS R. Sheppard
SA S. Adams
BKN/HOU the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur