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| Kittles placed on injured list |
NBA Basketball |
12/03/2002 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (MySportsbook) - The New Jersey Nets have placed guard Kerry Kittles on the injured list with a sprained left knee. He was injured in Saturday's 93-86 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. Kittles left with about six minutes remaining in the third quarter after injuring the knee. He was then helped to the locker room after scoring 11 points in 22 minutes of action. He also had two rebounds and two assists. The Villanova product missed the entire 2000-01 campaign recovering from right knee |
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| The Net Result: Bloom is off the rose for defending East champs |
NBA Basketball |
12/03/2002 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Last season was magical for the New Jersey Nets. New Jersey emerged from a 26-win season to an Eastern Conference crown. Byron Scott was hailed as a genius. Jason Kidd was anointed the franchise messiah. Continental Airlines Arena, which was once an edifice that was some canned crowd noise away from being a library, had the energy that the gym just six miles across the Hudson River had for many years. Yes, there was absolute bliss in Sopranoland and plenty of expectations entering this seas |
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| Nets return home after tough road trip |
NBA Basketball |
12/03/2002 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (MySportsbook) - The New Jersey Nets return home from their road trip to host the Atlanta Hawks at Continental Airlines Arena on Tuesday. The Nets finished with a disappointing 2-3 mark on their five-game swing, most recently falling to the Seattle SuperSonics on Sunday, 96-95. Brent Barry drained a three-pointer from the corner with 3.6 seconds remaining to lift Seattle to the win. Jason Kidd collected 27 points, eight boards and eight assists for New Jersey, but on the Nets' final poss |
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| Nets continue West swing in Portland |
NBA Basketball |
11/30/2002 |
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| Portland, OR (MySportsbook) - The New Jersey Nets attempt to snap a two-game losing streak on Saturday when they travel to Portland to battle the Trail Blazers at the Rose Garden. The Nets began their five-game road trip with a win in Minnesota, but have since suffered consecutive losses to Phoenix and the Clippers. On Thanksgiving night in LA, New Jersey was outlasted by the Clippers in overtime, 126-118. Jason Kidd tied a season-high with 35 points, while adding eight rebounds and eight assists for the Ne |
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| Nets continue road trip in Phoenix |
NBA Basketball |
11/27/2002 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (MySportsbook) - The New Jersey Nets try for their third straight win when they travel to Phoenix to take on the Suns at America West Arena. New Jersey will be playing the second game of a five-game road trip. The Nets started the jaunt with a 96-82 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. New Jersey played sound defense, holding Minnesota to 37-percent shooting from the floor. Jason Kidd finished with 18 points and 12 assists and Richard Jefferson added 14 points and seven rebounds to the victo |
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| T'wolves' TO: KG keeping Wolves afloat |
NBA Basketball |
11/26/2002 |
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| on November 7 against Milwaukee, he had 28 points and a season-high 24 boards. Garnett then reached double-digits in both scoring and rebounding in each of the next three contests. The T'wolves' only loss during the stretch came at home against the New Jersey Nets on Saturday, 96-82. Garnett made sure Minnesota didn't suffer back-to-back defeats Sunday at New York. Garnett had eight points and eight rebounds at the end of the first quarter, and 18 points and 11 rebounds by halftime to propel the Wolves to the |
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| Larry Brown named coach of American squad |
NBA Basketball |
11/26/2002 |
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| professional games in the ABA and the NBA. He is the only coach in NBA history to lead six different teams to the playoffs. In 2000-01 he guided the Sixers to the NBA Finals before losing to the Lakers. In the NBA, he has coached the Denver Nuggets, New Jersey Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers, Indiana Pacers and 76ers. He also has enjoyed success at the collegiate level, having led the UCLA Bruins to the NCAA Championship game in 1980 and the University of Kansas Jayhawks to the 1988 NCAA Champion |
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| Larry Brown likely choice to coach at 2004 Olympics |
NBA Basketball |
11/25/2002 |
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| professional games in the ABA and the NBA and is the only coach in NBA history to lead six different teams to the playoffs. In 2000-01 he guided the Sixers to the NBA Finals before losing to the Lakers. In the NBA, he has coached the Denver Nuggets, New Jersey Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers, Indiana Pacers and 76ers. He also has enjoyed success at the collegiate level, having led the UCLA Bruins to the NCAA Championship game in 1980 and the University of Kansas Jayhawks to the 1988 NCAA Champion |
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| Wolves take on Nets aiming for third consecutive win |
NBA Basketball |
11/23/2002 |
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| Minneapolis, MN (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Timberwolves seek their third straight win Saturday when they welcome the New Jersey Nets to the Target Center. The T'wolves are coming off a 103-93 win at Atlanta on Wednesday. Troy Hudson poured in 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting and Marc Jackson added 18 off the bench as five Timberwolves scored in double figures. Kevin Garnett chipped in 15 points and 12 boards for Minnesota, which has won three of its last four. Anthony Peeler's 13 points and Gary Trent's 10 |
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| Hawks, Celtics begin home-and-home set |
NBA Basketball |
11/22/2002 |
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| tle bit. In the first half, we were much more passive and tentative but I liked the effort in the second half in response to the deficit." The Hawks are 3-1 within the Eastern Conference. Boston snapped a two game skid with a 96-79 home win over the New Jersey Nets. The Celtics came out and whipped a dazed-and-confused Nets team in front of a packed house. While the Nets worried about Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker, the combination of Tony Delk and Shammond Williams killed them from the perimeter. Delk and Wil |
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