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| Coach K not interested in Nets job |
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04/05/2010 |
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -Mike Krzyzewski isn't interested in leaving Duke for the New Jersey Nets. Krzyzewski says through a spokesman that he hasn't been contacted by the Nets and ``wouldn't have any interest in the job.'' The Bergen Record, citing anonymous sources, reported that incoming Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov would offer Krzyzewski $12 million to $15 million per season. Krzyzewski says in a statement Monday that ``you would be flattered if someone would offer you a job, but I would not be interest |
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| Blatche leads Wizards over Nets |
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04/04/2010 |
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| Washington, DC (Best E Casino) - Andray Blatche led six Wizards players in double figures with 20 points, as Washington defeated the New Jersey Nets, 109-99, at the Verizon Center. Blatche also dished out a career-best 13 assists while falling one rebound shy of a triple-double. Shaun Livingston joined both Nick Young and Cartier Martin with 16 points for the Wizards, who never trailed in the game. "I challenged our guys to continue to play, but let's do the things we need to do in the fourth quarter to fini |
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| Nets aim to snap road funk in Washington |
NBA Basketball |
04/04/2010 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The New Jersey Nets will try to put the brakes on a six- game road losing streak tonight, when they open a quick road trip against the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center. New Jersey will also visit Milwaukee and is 4-33 away from the Meadowlands this season. It just went 2-1 on a three-game homestand and won for the fourth time in six tries overall with Saturday's 115-87 drubbing of the New Orleans Hornets at the IZOD Center. Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 17 points, Terrence Williams h |
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| Nets roll over Hornets for rare blowout win |
NBA Basketball |
04/04/2010 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (Best E Casino) - Chris Douglas-Roberts paced eight New Jersey players in double-figure scoring with 17 points, as the New Jersey Nets put forth perhaps their best effort of the season in a 115-87 romp over the New Orleans Hornets. Rookie Terrence Williams had 14 points and a career-best 14 assists for the Nets, who closed out a three-game homestand in fine fashion by shooting a season-high 58.2 percent from the field. Keyon Dooling added 13 points , while Brook Lopez and Josh Boone score |
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| Nets, Hornets clash at the Meadowlands |
NBA Basketball |
04/03/2010 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Two teams playing out the string get together tonight at the Meadowlands, where the New Jersey Nets play host to the New Orleans Hornets from the IZOD Center. The Nets will close out a three-game homestand this evening and have split the first two tests of the residency. After beating a tough San Antonio team to avoid NBA futility, the Nets dropped a 116-105 decision to the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday. Rookie Terrence Williams recorded 21 points, nine assists and five rebounds for New Jersey, |
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| Suns top Nets for ninth straight win |
NBA Basketball |
04/01/2010 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (Best E Casino) - Steve Nash led the way with 24 points, 14 assists and seven rebounds, and the Phoenix Suns extended their win streak to nine with a 116-105 victory over the New Jersey Nets. Nash went an efficient 9-of-16 from the field for Phoenix, which is on its longest winning streak since a franchise-best 17-game run during the 2006-07 season. Jason Richardson provided 23 points, while Amare Stoudemire scored only 15 -- snapping his streak of 27 consecutive games with at least 18 po |
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| Red-hot Suns try to keep rolling at expense of Nets |
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03/31/2010 |
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| (Best E Casino) - A pair of teams coming off important wins get together this evening at the Meadowlands, as the Phoenix Suns try to extend the NBA's longest active win streak to nine games when they take on the New Jersey Nets. Phoenix won its eighth straight contest and clinched its fifth playoff berth in six years with Tuesday's 111-105 triumph at Chicago, a win led by a game- high 27 points from Jason Richardson. Channing Frye hit the go-ahead three- pointer with 41.6 seconds remaining, while Steve Nash |
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| Embracing losing |
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03/30/2010 |
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| on champion Boston Celtics. The notoriously tough Philadelphia media forever christened the team the "Nine and 73ers". Although threatened a few times, the 73 losses remain the all-time low-water mark for any NBA franchise nearly 40 years later. The New Jersey Nets gave it quite a run this season but officially avoided the mark on Monday when they topped the San Antonio Spurs for their 10th win. "I'm happy for the guys. I'm happy they continued to work hard and improve," interim head coach Kiki Vandeweghe said |
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| Nets chief exec brown bags it with bag protesters |
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03/30/2010 |
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -The New Jersey Nets' brown bag summit is over. Nets chief executive Brett Yormark had a roughly 30-minute ``brown bag'' lunch on Tuesday with a fan that he confronted last week after the man wore a paper bag over his head to protest the NBA team's dismal season. McDonald's provided the hamburgers, fries and salads and the brown bags for Yormark, two members of the Nets' radio broadcasting team and brothers Chris and Rob Lisi of Middletown. Yormark exchanged words and pointed his fin |
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| Consistency is key to Spurs' success |
NBA Basketball |
03/30/2010 |
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| Tony Parker. With Parker currently sidelined with a broken hand, the Spurs have been tapping other wells for production. Richard Jefferson, George Hill and Roger Mason Jr. have done their part to carry the load. Never mind Monday's loss to the lowly New Jersey Nets, the Spurs will be a favorite to make a deep run in the Western playoffs. Despite sitting in the eighth and final postseason spot, San Antonio is just a half-game behind Oklahoma City and Portland for the No. 6 spot in the conference. With nine game |
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