New Jersey Nets Team Report - December 29
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(Sports Network) - Vince Carter aided the Nets to an 84-80 victory over the Chicago Bulls at the United Center on Tuesday night. Carter scored 25 points to pace the Nets to the win.
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New Jersey guard Jason Kidd is expected to make his season debut Monday, when the Nets host the Toronto Raptors at Continental Airlines Arena.
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The Celtics hoped the lesser New Jersey Nets showed up at TD Banknorth Garden last night. They wanted the underachieving, road-weary, injury-riddled Nets, not the version favored to win the Atlantic Division. They wanted the Nets who dropped all four games on a recent Western Conference swing and arrived here riding a six-game losing streak.
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(Sports Network) - The Atlanta Hawks lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers, 111-102, on Tuesday at Philips Arena. Al Harrington posted a season-high 31 points and added six rebounds and four assists for the Hawks
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New Jersey fell to 1-4 at home on the year...The Nets came into the contest averaging 85 points per game...Houston had lost five of its previous seven trips to the Meadowlands...New Jersey guard Ron Mercer underwent successful knee surgery on Monday and
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Could Vince Carter soon be joining Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson in a new-look Nets attack? The Raptors and Nets are discussing a deal that would send Carter to New Jersey, for Alonzo Mourning, Eric Williams
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When, where: Tonight, 7, at TD Banknorth Garden. TV, radio: NESN, WBZ (1030). Records: Toronto is 13-11-1-4 (tied for third in the Northeast Division with 31 points); Boston is 13-10-0-2 (fifth in the Northeast Division with 28 points). Goals: Darcy Tucker 17, Mats Sundin 10, Alexei Ponikarovsky 8. Assists: Tomas Kaberle 18, Bryan McCabe 18, Kyle Wellwood 17. Goaltending: Andrew ...
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When, where: Tonight, 8, at Target Center, Minneapolis. TV, radio: CSN, ESPN, WEEI (850). Records: Boston is 37-9; Minnesota is 10-37. Scoring: Al Jefferson 21.5, Rashad McCants 14.9, Ryan Gomes 11.8. Rebounding: Jefferson 12.3, Gomes 5.5, Craig Smith 4.7. Assists: Sebastian Telfair 6.0, Marko Jaric 4.4, McCants 2.3. Head to head: This is the second of two meetings. The Celtics ...
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(Sports Network) - The Toronto Raptors found themselves on the wrong end of a 114-102 decision against the Houston Rockets on Monday at the Toyota Center.
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Two games under .500 -- and first place in the brutal Atlantic Division. That's what's at stake tomorrow night for the Celtics. With the Knicks conveniently losing yesterday to Boston's next opponent, the rampaging Chicago Bulls, the door is open for Doc Rivers's gang.
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(Sports Network) - For the second time in under a week, the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers will take the court for an Eastern Conference tussle tonight.
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(Sports Network) - The New York Knicks hope to get back to .500 this evening when they conclude a four-game road trip against the Dallas Mavericks at the AmericanAirlines Center.
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(Sports Network) - Charlotte fell to 1-4 on the year with a 103-87 loss to the previously winless Golden State Warriors on Saturday night.
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(Sports Network) - The Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets play the first of a home- and-home set tonight, as the squad meet at the Pepsi Center.
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(Sports Network) - Philadelphia had a forgettable night on Wednesday, as it dropped a 105-72 decision to the San Antonio Spurs at SBC Center.
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The Knicks lost last night to the Nets&#39; A Team, the one with Jason Kidd in the lineup for 21 minutes, 40-32. They beat the B Team, the one without Kidd, for 27 minutes, 55-39.
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(Sports Network) - The defending world champion Detroit Pistons will try to get back to the .500 mark tonight, when they travel to New Orleans to battle the struggling Hornets.