There were eight other players on the court during the waning seconds of overtime, but Nate Robinson and Joe Johnson made everyone else look invisible as the pair stole the spotlight with a couple of back-to-back clutch buckets in Game 4 of the heated first-round series between the Chicago Bulls and Brooklyn Nets.
After pouring in 23 fourth-quarter points (one shy of Michael Jordan's playoff franchise record), Robinson saved his best for overtime. With the game tied and the clock ticking down, the 5'8" spark plug waved off a screen from Joakim Noah, dribbled right and picked up his dribble at the three-point line.
At that moment, it appeared as though Robinson had no idea what he was doing.
But, obviously, a one-footed runner from 20 feet was the last thing Deron Williams—Robinson's defender—expected.
Robinson's floating, leaning one-hander came off of his fingertips much too hard to find the rim.
Fortunately for the Bulls, it came off just hard enough to carom off the backboard and drop through the net—an improbable, incredible banker that put the Bulls up by two with less than two sec ...
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