Mavs right at home against Kings
Veteran guard Williams stars for Dallas with 25 points including winning basket at the buzzer
Deron Williams has been back with his hometown Dallas Mavericks for a couple of months now.
He might have finally had his homecoming parade. Or homecoming dogpile, if you will.
Williams hit a three-pointer at the buzzer in the second overtime as the Mavericks pulled out a wild 117-116 victory over Sacramento on Tuesday night for their 22nd consecutive home victory against the Kings.
Williams took an inbounds pass from Devin Harris with 2.3 seconds left, pump faked to get Rudy Gay to fly by him in the left corner and the ball went in after the horn sounded.
With his shot headed toward the hoop, Williams back-pedalled a few steps to his right and bumped Kings coach George Karl back into a seat on the Sacramento bench just as the ball went in. An instant later, teammates swarmed Williams on the court.
“That was definitely my first Mavericks mob scene,” said the veteran guard, who led Dallas with 25 points and was three of six from long range. “I was at the very bottom of the pile, then all of a sudden it went dark and I couldn’t breathe.”
Dirk Nowitzki hit an earlier three as the Mavericks scored the last eight points after falling behind 116-109 with 1:20 left in the second overtime.
DeMarcus Cousins scored 35 for his third straight 30-point game for the Kings, including a buzzer-beating layup for a 98all tie at the end of regulation.
Dallas’ run against Sacramento is the second-longest current streak versus one team in the NBA behind San Antonio’s 32game run against Golden State.