New York reservist Cam Thomas He scored a career-high 44 points and the depleted Brooklyn Nets rallied from a 23-point deficit to upset the Washington Wizards 125-123 on Saturday.

Edmond Sumner He also set a career high with 29 goals Nick Claxton added 15 and 13 rebounds for the Nets, who posted their biggest comeback of the season and swept the Wizards in the regular season series.

Patti Mills added 13 points and Royce O’Neill added 10.

The win came despite the Nets being without Kyrie Irving, who was out with what the team said was a sore right calf. A day earlier, Irving told the Nets that he wanted to leave the team in a trade.

Brooklyn played without Kevin Durantwho suffers from a sprain of the medial collateral ligament of the right knee; T. J. Warrenwho suffered a bruised left leg and Ben Simmonssuffers from discomfort in the left knee.

As if that wasn’t enough, they lost the match Seth Curry due to a problem in the left adductor Markiff Morris due to pain in the left knee.