Nets Get 23 From Jefferson, Beat Celtics
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Richard Jefferson scored 23 points and Eric Williams added 14 to lead the New Jersey Nets past the Boston Celtics 96-83 in a preseason game Friday night.
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Richard Jefferson scored 25 of his 28 points in the second half to give the New Jersey Nets a 94-91 victory against the Charlotte Bobcats on Tuesday night.
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Jason Kidd had his first triple-double since asking for a trade, Richard Jefferson scored 23 points and the Nets turned in a rare strong performance, beating the host Charlotte Bobcats, 104-90.
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Caron Butler scored 21 points and Antawn Jamison had 20 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Washington Wizards to a 88-83 win over Boston and a rare sweep of the Celtics.
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Even Boston's other 'Big 3' was way too much for the Miami Heat to handle. Leon Powe scored a career-high 25 points with 11 rebounds, Rajon Rondo tied a career-high with 23 points, and Tony Allen scored 20 points with six assists as the NBA-best Celtics to an overwhelming 117-87 victory Tuesday night over the Heat Â who followed the win that snapped their 15-game losing streak with an absolute clunker.
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One game after scoring a career-high 43 points, James had a mere 20 but also added eight assists and a last-second blocked shot to help the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Boston Celtics 98-96 Friday night.
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Jason Richardson scores 25 points and the hot-shooting Bobcats overcome Jason Kidd's third consecutive triple-double to beat the Nets, 115-99.
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Vince Carter finished with 23 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 24.6 seconds left, to lift the Nets.
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Richard Jefferson, who missed 21 games because of surgery on his right ankle, played 16 minutes off the bench for the Nets, who have lost four games in a row.
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Paul Pierce atoned for a woeful shooting effort with a 3-pointer late in regulation and two jumpers in overtime to lift the Boston Celtics to a 96-88 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Saturday.
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Al Jefferson scored a career-high 32 points and grabbed 18 rebounds, leading Boston to a 96-88 overtime National Basketball Association victory Saturday over New Jersey.
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Jason Kidd made his season debut and assisted on Richard Jefferson's game-winning jumper from the lane with 7.1 seconds left as the New Jersey Nets defeated the Toronto Raptors 88-86 Monday night.
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Richard Jefferson scored 25 points, Josh Boone added 15 and the Nets snapped a seven-game road losing streak Friday night by defeating the Miami Heat, 94-85.
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Al Jefferson had a career-high 40 points and 19 rebounds, hit the go-ahead free throws with 11.4 seconds to go, and lifted the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 98-95 victory Sunday over the New Jersey Nets, who have lost nine in a row.
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The Nets committed 23 turnovers, leading to 26 points, and missed 12 of 33 free throws in their stunning collapse against the Boston Celtics on Saturday.
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Tony Allen, who turns 23 today, wasn't planning to do anything special for his birthday, but he gave the 13,731 on hand last night at the FleetCenter a gift, a 16-point effort that sparked the Celtics to a 119-101 victory over the discombobulated Orlando Magic.
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Richard Jefferson capped the highest scoring night of his career by sinking an alley-oop layup off an inbounds pass with 0.8 seconds left, giving the New Jersey Nets a 92-90 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night.