Ahead of the 2024-25 NBA season, the Brooklyn Nets handed Nic Claxton a four-year, $97 million contract as the team's backup center — Day'Ron Sharpe — missed the beginning of his fourth season as a pro due to a nagging hamstring injury.

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Nic Claxton scored 16 points and tipped in the winner as time expired, Cam Johnson had 23 points and the Brooklyn Nets edged the Philadelphia 76ers 105-103 on Saturday night. Tyrese Maxey buried a 3 with 25 seconds left that tied it at 103 and helped the 76ers rally from a 17-point deficit.

Paul George scored 15 points with three steals and seven rebounds on Saturday night. But it's the rebound he didn't grab as time expired that cost the Philadelphia 76ers in a 105-103 defeat to the Brooklyn Nets.

Tyrese Maxey hit a corner 3 in transition to tie the game at 103, but then Nic Claxton hit an incredible tip-in at the buzzer to give Brooklyn the 105-103 win. The loss is the

Nic Claxton made a buzzer-beater to give his Brooklyn Nets the win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night.

Instead, the Nets jumped on the Sixers early as they built a double-digit lead in the opening quarter. Brooklyn then built its advantage as large as 17 and eventually walked away with a 105-103 win as Nic Claxton scored at the buzzer to hand the Sixers their seventh straight loss.