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Brooklyn Nets: Reliving Brook Lopez’s Glorious Buzzer Beater

By Charles Maniego

Mar 21, 2017; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez (11) celebrates his game winning buzzer beating shot against the Detroit Pistons with teammates during the fourth quarter at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 21, 2017; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez (11) celebrates his game winning buzzer beating shot against the Detroit Pistons with teammates during the fourth quarter at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Inbound Pass

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Lopez catches the ball on the cut, right inside the three-point line. Whitehead is planted in the mid-paint, blocked out by (potential future teammate) Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. LeVert is still in the corner, and Acy hasn’t moved yet, acting as a floor spacer. While Acy may not have moved on the inbounds, his sheer presence is important. Acy is the best perimeter shooting big man on the Nets, save Lopez. With Acy on the floor, Tobias Harris has to guard the perimeter. The same couldn’t have been said if Rondae Hollis-Jefferson or Trevor Booker was at the four spot with the game on the line.

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Immediately after the catch, LeVert cuts over Lopez and streaks to the middle of the paint. Lopez takes two dribbles towards the corner, possibly allowing him to get a rhythm. Lopez rises and fires, with Baynes and Marcus Morris an arm’s length away.