By Charlie O. Mallonee

A Mirza Teletovic 3-point basket with less than a minute to play lifted the Brooklyn Nets to a 97-95 win over the Sacramento Kings in Shanghai, China.

Ben McLemore put up a jump shot with less than 20 seconds to go, but the shot was blocked by Brooklyn’s Sergey Karasev.

Ramon Sessions led the Kings in scoring with 18 points. Sessions was 7 of 12 from from the field and was 3 for 5 from 3-point range.

Darren Collison added 15 points, DeMarcus Cousins scored 9 points as did Rudy Gay. Omri Casspi scored 9 points in his 22 minutes of playing time.

The Kings shot .425 (34-80) from the field. They connected on 5 of 13 3-point attempts. Sacramento missed 14 (22-36) shots from the free throw line.

Brook Lopez led the Nets in scoring with 18 points.

The Kings and the Nets will face off again on Wednesday in Beijing.