Dwyane Wade nailed a crucial three-point shot with one tenth of a second left on the clock to give the Miami Heat an 81-80 win over the New Jersey Nets. Trailing 80-78 with 4.1 seconds remaining, Quentin Richardson passed the ball to Wade, who dribbled for several seconds before unloading the game-winning shot. Wade had not scored a field goal in the second half before hitting the final shot. WATCH:...
The Nets are back to eight tonight in Miami. Bobby Simmons has left the team to return to Chicago to deal with a personal matter. So like they did in two games earlier this week, the Nets will play with the minimum amount of players allowed when they take on the Heat. Having nine was nice but it lasted just one night. No word on when Simmons will be back. Lawrence Frank also emphasized again that...
More photos » by John Raoux - AP Browse more photos » After the Orlando Magic lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers , head coach Stan Van Gundy sent a message to himself, Dwight Howard & Jameer Nelson, and the rest of the team - win or lose, the defense needs to get better if the Magic want to entertain ideas of being the elite team that it strives to be . Last night against the New Jersey...
Devin Harris and Courtney Lee were shooting the ball this morning. Keyon Dooling was ready to hit the court, too. But none of them will be in uniform tonight when the Nets play the 76ers at the Meadowlands. So once again, eight will have to be enough for the Nets, who are still looking for their first win. Asked if any of his injured/sick players would be back in time for the game, Lawrence Frank...
Chris Douglas-Roberts , the second year Nets guard, has swine flu, the team confirmed yesterday. Coach Lawrence Frank spoke to Douglas-Roberts , "e doesn't sound very good...All the measures are taken, now it's a matter of when he feels better." Players are being given Tamiflu as a precaution—forward Bobby Simmons said , "I went to the grocery store this morning, and a lot of...
By Chris Sheridan EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - They don't give out Ws in the NBA for moral victories, which is why the New Jersey Nets will awake Sunday still sporting the league's only goose egg in the win column. But what happened Saturday night, with New Jersey sticking with the Boston Celtics all the way into the final minute of the fourth quarter of an 86-76 loss despite having only eight healthy...
Boston Celtics (6-1) at New Jersey Nets (0-6) Saturday, November 7 7:30 PM ET Game #8 Away Game #4 TV: CSN HD, YES HD, LP 751, 752 Izod Center Referees: Mark Wunderlich, Joe Forte, Eli Roe The Nets are traditional rivals of the Celtics as we think back to the 2002 Eastern Conference Finals where the Nets defeated the Celtics in a hotly contested 6 game series. The Nets have fallen on hard times and...
We are double-dipping today on the previews with reader Grey Home's look at the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference Playoffs as a whole. Thanks to Grey Home for providing these. Be sure and weigh in with your own thoughts below. --Dave ( blazersub@yahoo.com ) Atlantic Division Playoff Seeds Boston Celtics 57-25 3 Philadelphia 76ers 45-37 5 Toronto Raptors 38-44 New York Knicks 30-52 New Jersey...
Devin Harris did not practice today. Neither did Yi Jianlian. Both guys are hurting, neither of them seriously. However, Harris' fragility is starting to become a worry, even if no one wants to admit it. Harris won't play on Friday against the Knicks, which means that he and Courtney Lee, who are supposed to make up the Nets' starting backcourt, have played in just one half of a game together this...
2-1 @ 0-3 Tuesday, October 13, 2009 7:00 pm ET Prudential Center (Newark, NJ) Game Thread | Chat Tonight, preseason basketball shifts to Newark, New Jersey, where the Nets will host the Celtics for a rematch of Sunday's matinee showdown. Boston took care of business in that contest, winning 100-93. New Jersey was held to 40.5% shooting from the field altogether, including an ugly 29.4% clip from beyond...
at Boston Celtics (2-1) at New Jersey Nets (0-3) Tuesday, October 13, 2009 7:00 PM ET CSN HD, YES HD Prudential Center, Newark, NJ Probable Starters PG: Rajon Rondo SG: Ray Allen SF: Paul Pierce PF: Kevin Garnett C: Kendrick Perkins (Doc has said that the Pierce, Allen and Garnett will sit out one of the two back to backs, either this game vs the Nets or Wednesday's game vs the Raptors. So, this may...
by Tom Ziller Filed under: Nets FanHouse previews a player to watch from each NBA team in advance of the 2009-10 season. This is Yi Jianlian . He plays basketball for the New Jersey Nets . He was once a highly desired commodity in the NBA -- so desired that Yi's threat to abstain from joining the NBA when an undesirable team draft resulted in several Important Men, including a United States Senator,...
More photos » by Bill Kostroun - AP Up for grabs. Browse more photos » After two years of fire sales, the New Jersey Nets (or Brooklyn Nyets if you prefer) are in full rebuilding mode with an eye towards next year. But what do they do this year? Here are a couple of previews to give us some clues. Slippery When Nets: Everything You Wanted to Know About the 2009 Nets...But Had Better Things...
Pro Basketball News By Chris Bernucca Though Atlantic Yards developer and NJ Nets owner Bruce Ratner will deny it, all signs indicate that the money-hemorrhaging team is positioned or a sale. From PBN's "detailed team-by-team look at the offseason." NEW JERSEY NETS Makeover mandate: Moving sale Smartest move: The Nets needed building blocks and added one in shooting guard Courtney Lee, the...
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