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CLEVELAND -- The Browns added flexibility and playoff experience to their offensive line. The club agreed to a contract Monday with free agent Paul McQuistan, who started 14 games last season for the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks. Terms of the deal were not immediately available. McQuistan, who was in Cleveland for a visit last week, was previously with the Browns as a backup in 2010. The 30-year-old lineman may slide into the open spot at right guard after the Browns lost starter Shawn Lauvao in free agency to Washington. The 6-foot-6, 315-pound McQuistan played nine games at left tackle and five at left guard for Seattle last season. "He has versatility," Browns general manager Ray Farmer said at the NFL owners meetings in Orlando, Fla. "The guy played a lot of tackle last year. Hes played guard. The versatility is definitely intriguing and positive for us and it can make our minds rest easy in a lot of respects where he can possibly contribute. So that versatility is what were more focused on than any one specific spot saying hes going to be this." McQuistan has played eight seasons in the NFL since being drafted in the third round by Oakland in 2006. McQuistan has made 52 starts and played left tackle, left guard and right guard. He appeared in 35 games with the Raiders from 2006-09. He has also been with Jacksonville. He signed with Seattle in 2011 and appeared in 48 games over three seasons, making 40 starts. Hes the seventh free agent signed by the Browns, who have also shown interest in Buffalo defensive end Alex Carrington. He previously played under new Browns coach Mike Pettine and visited with Cleveland last week. The Browns may still be in the market for a veteran quarterback after releasing Brandon Weeden and Jason Campbell this month. Cleveland is also awaiting the next move with free-agent centre Alex Mack. 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With Washington teammate Nene drawing double-teams coming off his big game against the Lakers, Gortat scored 25 points on 11-of-12 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the Wizards to a 100-92 win in overtime over Milwaukee on Wednesday night.NEW YORK, N.Y. - As shocked as they looked to still be playing, Brandon Knights teammates didnt give up on him after his missed layup to end the first overtime.Instead, they gave him the ball when they need a big shot in the second one.Knight made the tying 3-pointer in the second overtime and the clinching free throws with 5.6 seconds to go in the third, and the Milwaukee Bucks outlasted the Nets 122-118 on Wednesday night in coach Jason Kidds return to Brooklyn.My teammates trusted me to make the next shot to force a third overtime, so thats really what its all about, Knight said, and we stuck through it as a team.Rookie Jabari Parker scored a season-high 23 points, O.J. Mayo added 21, and Knight and Giannis Antetokounmpo each had 18 for the Bucks, who won their third straight.Brook Lopez scored a season-best 26 points for the Nets, who have dropped five in a row.Weve got to find some ways somehow to get a win, Nets guard Joe Johnson said. When youre in a rut like this, its tough. Youve got to do all the little things. When you do get that win, it wont be certainly easy.Ersan Ilyasova and Khris Middleton each made two baskets in the third overtime for the Bucks, whose players celebrated with hugs for Knight, who still looked a little dazed when it ended.He made it a little bit exciting for everybody to watch, Parker said.Knight finished 5 of 20 from the field, including the miss that had blown up on video long before the game ended. With the game tied at 105, he intercepted Johnsons pass with 2.9 seconds left in the first extra period and dribbled down the court a step ahead of the nearest Nets player but somehow missed the easiest shot in basketball, leaving Kidd and players on the Milwaukee bench in disbelief.Its a situation where you wish you could just go ahead and make it and send it home, but like I said we still did it in a different way and Im happy about that, Knight said.But he knocked down the 3-pointer with 19 seconds remaining in the second OT and the Bucks went on to improve to 7-5 in Kidds first season.ddddddddddddHe was loudly booed and taunted as a traitor in the arena where his retired jersey hangs in the rafters by fans who havent forgiven him for leaving the Nets after one season to take the Bucks job.I have bad hearing anyways. So I thought whatever the greeting was, its about the players, Kidd said. People dont pay to come see the coach, they come to see the guys play.Bojan Bogdanovic scored 19 points, and Deron Williams and Johnson each finished with 18 for the Nets.Mayo made the tying basket with 30 seconds left in regulation but couldnt get a good shot up on the Bucks last possession before the buzzer, and they went to overtime tied at 95.___TIP-INSBucks: Larry Sanders started at centre after missing Tuesdays game with a bruised left thigh. He scored four points in 15 minutes. ... Antetokounmpo stayed in the game after stepping on Knights foot and twisting his ankle in overtime. He finished with 12 rebounds, four assists and three steals while playing tough defence on Johnson.Nets: There was a video tribute in the first half for former Nets centre Jason Collins, who announced his retirement Wednesday. He became the first openly gay player in one of the major North American team sports when he signed with the team last February. He also played on their back-to-back Eastern Conference championship teams in 2002-03. Collins sat courtside across from the Milwaukee bench.LONG LOSSESThe Nets fell to 2-4 in triple-overtime games. They had won their last one, beating Toronto in London on March 5, 2011. This was the longest game in the NBA this season.STREAK SNAPPEDThe Nets had won the last five meetings in what had been their longest active winning streak against an opponent. Before that, Milwaukee had won the previous 13 in the series.UP NEXTBucks: At Toronto on Friday.Nets: At Oklahoma City on Friday ' ' '