The game meant nothing to the Nets and everything to the Trail Blazers, who were fighting for their playoff lives. But the Nets put an incredible scare into Portland before Caris LeVert missed a 20-foot jumper at the buzzer in a tense, well-played 134-133 loss Thursday night at Disney World in Orlando.
After leading by 10 points late in the third quarter, the Nets saw the Trail Blazers put together a 12-4 fourth-quarter burst to take a 112-111 led on a pair of CJ McCollum foul shots with 8:13 left to play. Lillard hit a pair of threes in that span.
The Nets responded with a 6-0 surge to lead 122-117 on a Jarrett Allen hook at the 5:15 mark.
