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| Winless Nets shoot for first win in Charlotte vs. Bobcats |
NBA Basketball |
11/02/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The last time the New Jersey Nets lost four straight games to start a season John Calipari was head coach. Since then Calipari has achieved success at the collegiate ranks, while the Nets have made a few deep runs in the playoffs but no championships to show for it. Now the Nets will try to stop a three-game season-opening slide when they pay a visit to the Charlotte Bobcats Monday night at Time Warner Cable Arena. New Jersey fell to 0-3 for the first time since the 1999-2000 campaign follo |
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| Arenas and Wizards cruise past Nets |
NBA Basketball |
11/01/2009 |
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| Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - Gilbert Arenas finished with 32 points and seven assists, as the Washington Wizards crushed the New Jersey Nets, 123-104, in their home opener. Andray Blatche recorded a career-high 30 points off the bench for the Wizards, who split a pair of road contests to begin the 2009-10 campaign. Randy Foye added 17 points and eight assists, as Washington got the first home win for new head coach Flip Saunders. "He's worked hard in the offseason," Saunders said of Blatche. "He's worked |
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| Nets' Harris out at least a week with sore groin |
NBA Basketball |
10/31/2009 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) -New Jersey Nets point guard Devin Harris says he's out at least a week because of a sore right groin. Harris sat out Saturday night's game against the Washington Wizards and will leave the team Sunday to see a specialist in Chicago. Harris originally hurt the groin in an exhibition game Oct. 13 and reinjured it during Friday's loss to Orlando. Harris isn't sure how long he'll be out, but he says he's aiming to return in seven to 10 days.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All |
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| Winless Nets search for a victory in DC |
NBA Basketball |
10/31/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The New Jersey Nets will continue their search for the first win of the season tonight, when they visit the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center. New Jersey fell to 0-2 on the young season following Friday's 95-85 home loss to Vince Carter and the Orlando Magic at the IZOD Center. Carter was making his return to New Jersey, where he spent four-plus seasons before coming to Orlando in a trade during the offseason, but he left the game early. He ended with 16 points and four assists befor |
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| Magic beat Nets; Carter injured in game against former team |
NBA Basketball |
10/31/2009 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (MySportsbook) - Dwight Howard poured in 20 points, pulled down 22 rebounds, and blocked four shots, as the Orlando Magic took down the New Jersey Nets, 95-85, at the Izod Center. The story of the night was Vince Carter making his return to New Jersey, where he spent four-plus seasons before coming to Orlando in a trade during the offseason, but he left the game early. "As much as I know we're trying to accomplish something, you always enjoy playing against guys you went to battle with t |
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| Orlando's Carter leaves game with ankle injury |
NBA Basketball |
10/31/2009 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (MySportsbook) - Orlando Magic forward Vince Carter sprained his left ankle late in the second quarter versus the New Jersey Nets on Friday. Carter was driving to the lane late in the second period when he stepped on Devin Harris' foot, rolling his ankle in the process. Carter went to the ground immediately and reached for his left ankle. He limped off the court and sat on the bench for a few moments before gingerly walking to the locker room. Carter didn't return to the contest. X-rays |
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| Orlando's Carter makes return to New Jersey |
NBA Basketball |
10/30/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Vince Carter returns to the Meadowlands tonight as the Orlando Magic hope to build on an impressive season opening performance when they head up the east coast to take on the New Jersey Nets at the Izod Center. Carter, who was traded by the Nets to the Magic for a package that included Courtney Lee, Rafer Alston and Tony Battie, scored 15 points in his Orlando debut Wednesday as the Magic blitzed Philadelphia, 120-106. Dwight Howard netted 21 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for the defending |
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| Ex-NBA player David Vaughn's fall after NBA riches |
NBA Basketball |
10/30/2009 |
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| made anything last a lifetime; I was left to make my own decisions.'' These days, there's a mandatory NBA rookie transition program designed to head off such problems. His NBA pension, he said, won't kick in until he's 48. He also played for the New Jersey Nets, Golden State Warriors and Chicago Bulls, averaging just under 10 minutes and 2.9 points a game. ``I wouldn't trade my NBA experience for anything in the world,'' Vaughn said. After his release from the NBA in 1999, he played briefly in Europe, |
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| Nets pick up contract options on Lee, Yi and Lopez |
NBA Basketball |
10/29/2009 |
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -The New Jersey Nets have exercised contract options on starters Courtney Lee, Brook Lopez and Yi Jianlian for the 2010-11 seasons. The Nets on Thursday also declined to exercise the fourth-year contract option on forward Sean Williams, the team's first-round draft pick in 2007 and the 17th pick overall. The options that the Nets picked up on Lopez and Lee were for their third seasons. Lopez will earn $2.41 million, while Lee will get $1.34 million. The option on Yi is for his |
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| Nets pick up options on trio of players |
NBA Basketball |
10/29/2009 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (MySportsbook) - The New Jersey Nets have exercised the third-year contract options for swingman Courtney Lee and forward-center Brook Lopez, and the fourth-year option on forward Yi Jianlian's contract. All three players are locked in through the 2010-11 season. Lee came over in the trade that sent Vince Carter to Orlando over the summer. As a rookie last season, Lee averaged 8.4 points and 2.3 rebounds in 77 games for the Magic. The Nets' top pick and the 10th overall selection in 2008 |
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