Bogdanovic Scores 22 To Lead Nets Over Magic
Mason Plumlee added 12 points and 10 rebounds while Deron Williams and Kevin Garnett each had seven assists for Brooklyn (4-2).
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Mason Plumlee added 12 points and 10 rebounds while Deron Williams and Kevin Garnett each had seven assists for Brooklyn (4-2).
Deron Williams scored a season-high 29 points and the Brooklyn Nets beat the New York Knicks 110-99 on Friday night in the first meeting this season between the city rivals.
The New York Knicks are still laboring with their new triangle offense and that could make it challenging for them to extend a three-game win streak in Brooklyn.
Mr. Prokhorov, let's forget about this Knicks nonsense for a while and get down to what this organization really needs: a competent general manager.
Nikola Pekovic converted a tiebreaking three-point play with 48 seconds left, and the Minnesota Timberwolves scored the final nine points of the game to beat the Brooklyn Nets 98-91 on Wednesday night.
In a new weekly segment, we'll take a look at who's hot and who's not on the NY/NJ sports landscape. With that, here we go.
"I'm no longer in Brooklyn," the future Hall of Famer said. "Unfortunately they keep talking about it. I don't. I'll let them keep talking."
Whenever Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov is in town to watch his favorite American toy play basketball, the game often turns out to be of secondary importance. That was the case Monday night.
Sprinkling humor among his talk about basketball business, the Russian billionaire joked about the departure of Jason Kidd: "Don't let the door hit you where the good Lord has split you."
Brook Lopez scored 18 points in his first regular-season game in about 11 months, and the Brooklyn Nets routed the injury-depleted Oklahoma City Thunder 116-85 on Monday night in their home opener.
The 7-footer admitted he was eager after practice on Sunday, saying his delayed season debut feels "like Christmas."
Joe Johnson scored 15 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter and the Brooklyn Nets earned their first victory of the season, beating the Detroit Pistons 102-90 Saturday night.
I apologize for my foul take on the NBA. Maybe I'm just feeling foul because baseball season went into hibernation last night.
Continuing with our weekly rankings of the best local athletes by jersey/uniform number, here are numbers 19-10.
Rajon Rondo returned from a broken hand and had 13 points, 12 assists and seven rebounds in the season opener Wednesday night to help the Boston Celtics beat the Brooklyn Nets 121-105.
