Mikel Brown tried to force a layup and missed at the other end instead of taking a foul, which set up Jayson Tatum's game winner on Monday night in Boston.
Jayson Tatum scored 40 points and hit an overtime buzzer-beater to lead the Boston Celtics to a 125-124 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night in Boston. The game-winning sequence followed a costly mistake by Brooklyn's Mikel Brown Jr. in the closing seconds.
Brown attempted a contested layup and missed instead of drawing a foul or running down the clock, allowing Boston to secure possession and set up Tatum's decisive shot. The defeat kept the Nets winless on the season, while the Celtics earned the victory on the second night of a back-to-back set.
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