Brook Lopez had 26 points and Thaddeus Young hit two free throws with 1.4 seconds left to give the Brooklyn Nets a 90-88 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night.
After a timeout, Young knocked away Thabo Sefolosha's inbounds pass to Al Horford as time expired to give Brooklyn.
Young finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Jarrett Jack and Shane Larkin each had 14.
Horford scored 18 points for the Hawks. Paul Millsap had 17 and Kyle Korver added 13.
Sefolosha's 3-pointer with 41 seconds left gave the Hawks an 88-86 lead before Jack tied it on a short jumper with 33 seconds left.
Neither team led by more than four points in a sloppy first quarter when the teams turned it over 14 times, eight by the Hawks, who led 19-17 after the first 12 minutes.
The Hawks went up by a game-high 10 points, 35-25, after Korver hit a 3-pointer with 6:06 left in the second.
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However, the Nets followed with a 15-5 run capped by Young's put-back layup with 1:36 left before halftime to tie the game at 40.
The Hawks led 46-45 at halftime.
Atlanta increased its advantage to 61-55 on Horford's 3-pointer with 6:22 left in the third quarter. But, Larkin hit back-to-back 3s to put the Nets up 68-64 with 1:56 remaining before Brooklyn ended the quarter up 72-68.
The Nets took a 76-70 lead in the fourth quarter before the Hawks responded with an 8-0 run to regain the lead and set up the dramatic finish.
Joe Johnson scored 13 points for the Nets and Lopez added 10 rebounds.
TIP-INS:
Hawks: Guard/forward Kent Bazemore, who started Atlanta's first 12 games, suffered a right ankle sprain in Monday's loss to the Utah Jazz and did not play on Tuesday. ... Tiago Splitter started his first game of the season as Bazemore's replacement.
Nets: The Nets had lost six straight games to Atlanta. Brooklyn's previous victory in the series was on January 16, 2014, 127-110 in London. . At 2-9, this is Brooklyn's worst start to a season since the 2009-10 team lost its first 18.
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Hawks: Atlanta hosts Sacramento on Wednesday.
Nets: Brooklyn plays at Charlotte on Wednesday.
