Offense a horror for Nets
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The Nets&#39; plan was a by-committee defensive attack on Dirk Nowitzki. The committee lost. But it wasn&#39;t just Nowitzki&#39;s 31 points that buried the Nets, 94-78, on Saturday afternoon at Continental Arena.
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Not even Kobe Bryant&#39;s 38 points could save the Lakers from one of the worst offensive performances in team history. Bryant had another big game, but
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The Nets' victory was fashioned from every corner of the Nets roster, and had as much to do with the Knicks' sloppy play as anything else.
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The first week of training camp is not over and the Nets' best player, Jason Kidd, has sounded off twice.
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In one fell swoop, the Nets simultaneously took the league&#39;s two hottest trade commodities, Vince Carter and Jason Kidd, off the block on Friday.
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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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Bruce Ratner was not an especially knowledgeable fan when he bought the Nets last year. It may be a while before he erases that image.
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The Charlotte Bobcats and their pumpkin-colored jerseys had to be a welcome sight for the Nets on Tuesday night. After nine consecutive losses over three weeks, the Nets needed a soft opponent.
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When the Nets step onto the court at The Palace of Auburn Hills to take on the Pistons tonight, they will have a new look and a new outlook.
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When a team is as erratic as the Nets, what should be routine â like beating teams competing for lottery picks and hitting free throws â becomes surprisingly difficult.
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There is a possibility that this Knicks team could end up being branded the worst in franchise history, even worse than Larry Brownâs notorious 23-59 team from two years ago.
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The NetsÂ bench players have elevated their game this season, but the starting lineup often falls behind early and fails to execute in the clutch.
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After a miserable offensive first half during which two of Syracuse&#39;s best players seemed to be missing in action, an explosion seemed inevitable.
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There was little fanfare a year ago today as 10,042 fans showed up to see the Celtics defeat the New Jersey Nets, 94-90, in their preseason home opener at TD Banknorth Garden. There wasn't much optimism, either. And the Celtics didn't do much to change those low expectations as they went on to post the second-worst record in the NBA, ...
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You know things aren't going well when the team plane can't even get you to Boston and you have to -- gasp -- fly into town on game day. That could have been yet another sign of disaster for the New Jersey Nets, for whom nothing had gone according to Hoyle in more than a week.
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A night after they managed to score a measly 64 points in a win over Portland, the Nets reached 100 in Philadelphia. But they still could not score when they needed to.
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The post-Jefferson era began poorly for the New Jersey Nets, who learned Tuesday that they'll be without their leading scorer for the rest of the season and then went out and lost 89-80 to the Detroit Pistons