Spencer Dinwiddie caps off wild ending with buzzer-beater to sink Nets

It should tell you something that a Spencer Dinwiddie buzzer-beating 3-pointer to beat his old Brooklyn Nets team may have only been the third-wildest shot in the game's final 30 seconds.

Before Dinwiddie ended the game, the Nets and Dallas Mavericks had fought to a 108-108 tie going into the final half-minute. With the ball, the Mavericks turned to Luka Doncic, who pushed the ball into the paint then hit a Dirk Nowitzki-esque fadeaway to silence the Barclays Center crowd.

That crowd became much louder about 10 seconds later when Kevin Durant made a contested 3-pointer to give Brooklyn the lead.

One commercial break later, Doncic again took the ball, but the Nets went out of their way to prevent a repeat of their last possession. Durant moved to trap Doncic behind the arc, leaving Dinwiddie open. Dragic rotated over, but was a second too late to stop the game-winner.

That was a second straight game-winner for Dinwiddie, who also hit the decisive 3-pointer against the Boston Celtics in Dallas' last game, though that shot wasn't a buzzer-beater like Wednesday's.

The win continues a hot stretch for Dallas, which has won eight of its last nine games, a stretch that includes wins against the Celtics, Golden State Warriors and Utah Jazz. Dinwiddie had 22 points on 6-of-14 shooting, while Doncic went off for 37 points, nine rebounds and nine assists.

You can add that last shot to Dinwiddie's highlight reel since landing in Dallas after a trade from the Washington Wizards. The veteran point guard's tenure with the two teams has been night and day so far, going from a rough 12.6 points per game on 37.6 percent shooting and 31 percent from deep in Washington to 17.5 points on 50.8 percent shooting and 44.2 percent from deep entering Wednesday.