Rookie Isaiah Collier hit a game-winning shot to cap a career night while leading the short-handed Utah Jazz to a 112-111 overtime victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday in Salt Lake City.
Collier, the 29th pick of the 2024 draft, scored a career-high 23 points on 9-of-16 shooting to go with seven rebounds and seven assists.
Collin Sexton added 21 points and Brice Sensabaugh and Svi Mykhailiuk each scored 16 as Utah snapped a nine-game home losing streak in dramatic fashion. Utah had lost three in a row, including Saturday at Phoenix.
Collier’s biggest bucket came with 2.4 seconds remaining in overtime after he snuck between two defending Nets, recovered the ball and burst to the hoop for a go-ahead layup.
Brooklyn had just taken a one-point lead after Tosan Evbuomwan drained a pair of free throws with 6.4 seconds remaining in OT.
Evbuomwan finished with a career-high 22 points to lead the Nets, who overcame a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit to force overtime.
Nic Claxton added 14 points and 12 rebounds, while Ben Simmons totaled 14 points, nine assists and six boards in the Nets’ fifth straight loss.
The Nets made a massive surge late in the fourth quarter to knot things up, outscoring Utah 17-4 over a five-minute stretch.
Ziaire Williams, who scored 19, hit four straight free throws to tie the game at 102-102 with 1:01 remaining. Neither team could score in the final minute of the fourth quarter, leading to the extra session.
Collier had a scary moment late in the third quarter after he stole the ball and crashed hard to the floor after a dunk on the other end. He returned to the bench in the fourth quarter after being evaluated in the training room for a concussion.
Brooklyn jumped ahead early and held an eight-point lead with 1:40 left in the first quarter after a Jalen Wilson 3-pointer. Utah outscored the Nets 7-2 in the final minute to trim the deficit to one by the end of the first.
Utah leapfrogged Brooklyn in the second quarter to snag a 49-48 halftime lead.
The teams traded blows and the lead in the third until the Jazz’s Collier and Elijah Harkless hit back-to-back 3s en route to an 85-78 end-of-quarter lead.
Utah played without Lauri Markkanen, Jordan Clarkson, John Collins, Keyonte George, Taylor Hendricks, Johnny Juzang and Walker Kessler for various reasons.
–Field Level Media
