Jarrett Jack nailed a tiebreaking jumper in the lane with 28 seconds to play and finished with 27 points Friday, lifting the Brooklyn Nets to a 109-107 win over the Boston Celtics.
Alan Anderson scored 15 points, Mason Plumlee 14 with 12 rebounds and Mirza Teletovic had 11 points for the Nets, who won their third straight and improved to 12-2 against sub-.500 teams.
Jeff Green had 22 points and Jared Sullinger had 19 with eight rebounds for Boston, which lost its third in a row.
The Celtics had a chance to tie it at the buzzer, but Sullinger's fallaway from the left baseline rimmed out.
The Nets trailed by 11 early in the final quarter before scoring 15 of the next 19 points over a 4:08 stretch to tie it at 99 on Jack's jumper from the left wing with just over 4 minutes left.
Sullinger then nailed a 3-pointer from the top of the key to move the Celtics ahead 104-101 with 2 minutes left, but Anderson hit a 3 from the left wing to tie it 23-seconds later.
Jack dribbled into the key and hit his go-ahead shot from just inside the foul line and hit two free throws.
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Boston entered the final quarter with a seven-point lead and increased it to 95-84 on Brandon Bass' reverse layup with just under 9 minutes to play.
The Celtics used a 13-2 run over a 2 1-2 minute span midway into the third quarter to turn a one-point lead to 76-64. Bradley had a 3-pointer from the left corner and a fastbreak dunk. The highlight play was when Marcus Smart went to the floor for a steal against Jack. While sitting on the floor, Smart made an over the shoulder pass to Jeff Green for a breakaway jam.
The teams traded then 8-0 runs before Deron Williams' fallaway at the buzzer closed Boston's lead to 86-79 after three.
The lead changed hands eight times in the opening half before the teams entered intermission tied at 56.
