After the Wolves rallied down the stretch of regulation, Napier hit three clutch shots in the extra session. His layup with four minutes left put Minnesota up 107-105 and his fadeaway with 1:39 left pushed Minnesota’s lead to 115-109. Napier shot 8 of 18, hit three 3-pointers and handed out eight assists as Minnesota beat the Nets for the second time in overtime this season. The Nets forged a 103-103 deadlock on Taurean Prince’s 13-footer with 29 seconds left and Napier missed a 3-pointer with 4.1 seconds left. The Nets held an 80-74 lead entering the fourth and took an 89-80 lead on a 3-pointer by Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot with 9:18 remaining.

Source: National Post December 31, 2019 04:07 UTC