Battle Of Who Could Care Less
New! The two-seed is sewn up, and the Nets can't rise into 1st. What do they have to play for? Indiana has secured the 4-spot, but a win against our Nets or a Philadelphia loss earns them the 3-seed. Why not make the Pacers sweat? Read on...
Opponent 81: New Orleans Hornets (45 - 35) - Monday, April 14, 2003, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Bug Hunting
The Nets need a victory against the Hornets if they are to have any chance of winning the Eastern Conference. The Hornets won yesterday in Philadelphia and just got their starting five back on the court for the first time since January 21. Can the Nets need to spray Raid all over the Hornets and kill the bugs dead? Read on...
Opponent 80: Toronto Raptors (24 - 55) - Saturday, April 12, 2003, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Purple Pride?
No one is laughing in Toronto, with the Raptor franchise crippled with injury (Vince Carter, Dale Davis, et. al.) and dressing only 8 players, a coach on his way out, playing for nothing more than pride. But the Nets are looking for some pride as well, dropping two straight to shorthanded non-playoff teams. Can the Nets refocus their efforts and knock the Purple Dinosaur on his saggy behind? Read on...
Opponent 79: Chicago Bulls (28 - 51) - Friday, April 11, 2003, 8:30pm EST - United Center
Operation Chicago Hope
New! For the second game in a row, the Nets are facing a team in the midst of a Regime Change. GM Jerry "organizations, not players, win championships" Krause announced the other day that he was stepping down due to health reasons. And the Bulls have been playing dangerously...Read on...
Opponent 78: Atlanta Hawks (31 - 46) - Wednesday, April 10, 2003, 7:30pm EST - Philips Arena
Bird Brained
Large monolithic corporations and sports franchises don't mix: just look at the job that AOL-Time Warner has done with the out-of-contention Atlanta Hawks, next on the Nets' schedule...Joe eagle-eyes the situation...Read on...
Opponent 77: Toronto Raptors (24 - 51) - Sunday, April 6, 2003, 1:30pm EST - Air Canada Centre
Coaching Dinosaur
Is Lenny Wilkens, the future Hall of Fame Raptor coach, soon to be extinct? Rumor has it that Wilkens, who just became the NBA's all time losingest coach in the Raptors loss to the Spurs on Friday night (he's already also the winningest), is history at the end of the season...Read on...
Opponent 76: Miami Heat (23 - 53) - Friday, April 4, 2003, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Beat The Heat
Step up one and all, and watch your troubles on the basketball court disappear. Father Riley's Traveling Salvation Show sets up tent in East Rutherford. Will Riley's dazed and confused revue be the cure for what ails the Nets, or will Riles sell enough snake-oil to his Heat to get them to gut out a meaningless late-season win? Read on...
Opponent 75: New Orleans Hornets (41 - 34) - Wednesday, April 2, 2003, 8:30pm EST - New Orleans Arena
Pest Trip
Hornets guard Baron Davis, injured when the Nets last played New Orleans, meets Jason Kidd, the third top-notch point guard he'll have faced this week. Tony Parker, and Steve Nash were the other two, and the Hornets lost to both their teams. Can the Nets make it a hat-trick for Davis on their pest-trip to New Orleans? Read on...
Opponent 74: Houston Rockets (38 - 35) - Monday, March 31, 2003, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Emotional Rescues
The Rockets come to town on an emotional roller coaster with news that coach Rudy Tomjanovich has cancer as they attempt to qualify for the playoffs. The Nets, meanwhile, breathe a sigh of relief when nothing major is found on Kenyon Martin's MRI. Cue up the Rolling Stones and get ready to let it all out...Read on...
Opponent 73: Golden State Warriors (36 - 37) - Saturday, March 29, 2003, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Golden Girls
The Golden Girls from Golden State are in town, hoping to extend their two game road win streak pajama party for one more game in the Continental. Can the Nets hung up the phone on the Warriors girl talk and add another impressive win?...Read on...
Opponent 71 & 72: New York Knicks (32 - 39) - Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena AND Friday, March 28, 2003, 8pm EST – Madison Square Garden
New York, New York
The home-and-home games between these cross-river rivals, two teams at opposite ends of the Eastern Conference spectrum, could possibly become a magnificent musical epic...but are more likely to become bombs as big as Martin Scorcese's New York, New York. Champagne analyzes the contestants, notes who has the better moves of late, and takes a look at both team's best dancers...Read on...
Opponent 70: Cleveland Cavaliers (12 - 56) - Sunday, March 23, 2003, 7:00pm EST - Gund Arena
For Shame
What's more embarrasssing? That against the Jazz Ricky Davis shot at his own basket in order to get 10 rebounds and a triple double (it was disallowed: that's against the rules), or the fact that the Nets actually lost to this team – the worst in the league – this season? Tonight the Nets try to recover their dignity in Cleveland...Read on...
Opponent 69: Memphis Grizzlies (25 - 42) - Saturday, March 22, 2003, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Grumpy Old Men
Two men who should be retired lead the resurgent Memphis Grizzlies into the Continental Arena for a rematch of the Nets surprising 97 - 90 loss that helped kick off the Nets post-All-Star game "funk." Can the Nets stop poking the playoff bear with the stick and come up with a desperately needed win?...Read on...
Opponent 68: Milwaukee Bucks (32 - 35) - Wednesday, March 19, 2003, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
What's Your Point?
Leave it to George Karl to play two point guards. But does the Glove fit in Milwaukee? Milwaukee, with new PG Gary Payton, comes into the Continental in a fight for the 8th seed, while the Nets are struggling to defend their 2002 Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference championships...Read on...
Opponent 67: Boston Celtics (38 - 28) - Tuesday, March 18, 2003, 7:00pm EST - FleetCenter
Boston Brewin'
Kenyon versus Antoine again, 5 days later...this time will the Celtics brew up a victory against the Nets, who are reeling from defeat after defeat in the waning days of winter? Read on...
Opponent 66 - Philadelphia 76ers (38 - 26) - Sunday, March 16, 2003, 1:00pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Stalkers
The Sixers, horrible for three months, waited patiently for the Nets' moment of weakness before pouncing. They've made their move, chasing the Nets, running for their Atlantic Division-leading lives, down the NBA playoff block... Read on...
Opponent 65: Boston Celtics (37 - 27) - Thursday, March 13, 2003, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Gang Green
Boston is on a push; having beaten New Orleans last night, they've gone 6 - 4 in their last 10 games and are now only 2 games behind New Jersey. Can the Nets slaughter these hoarding leprechauns before St. Patrick's Day they way they slaughtered them at Christmas? Read on...
Opponent 64: New Orleans Hornets (36 - 27) - Sunday, March 9, 2003, 7:00pm EST - New Orleans Arena
Big Easy
Byron Scott has about as much control over these sleazy, easy Nets as Snoop Dogg has over those paid-off semi-pro hosebags in the "Wild On" videos. Lord Byron should just bring a bejeweled chalice to this game and sip a Hurricane from it throughout...in between cutting the air with his bejeweled walking cane and videotaping the whole calamity for civilization and basketball occuring before his eyes...Read on...
Opponent 63: Houston Rockets (31 - 30) - Saturday, March 8, 2003, 8:30pm EST - Compaq Center
Chinese Missile Crisis
More on the international coalition to disarm the Nets' playoff drive. The swing through Texas continues on to Houston, where the fortunes of the franchise swing mightily on the loading up of the large Chinese Rookie Rocket, Yao Ming... Read on...
Opponent 62: San Antonio Spurs (41 - 18) - Thursday, March 6, 2003, 7:30pm EST - SBC Center
The Nets' Alamo?
Tonight could be the Nets' Alamo in more ways than one – and how are we to we take the fact that today is the 167th Anniversary of the real Alamo's fall? Now is the time to seize control of the #1 seed in the East, and prove to Jason Kidd that he can win the big enchilada in Jersey. Returning from Texas (with a side-trip to New Orleans) 0 - 4 or 1 - 3 just won't do...Read on...
Opponent 61: Dallas Mavericks (45 - 14) - Tuesday, March 4, 2003, 8:30pm EST - American Airlines Center
Chumps in Chalupaville?
The Nets have to stagger from their stunning loss to Utah at home straight into the toughest week of their schedule: Dallas, San Antonio, Houston and New Orleans in 6 days. Behind the scenes there are rumored tensions between Byron Scott and Jason Kidd, and machinations to clip Chris Childs off the roster...Can the Nets perform better than mere chumps in Chalupaville? Read on...
Opponent 60 - Utah Jazz (33 - 25) - Sunday, March 2, 2003, 1:00pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Family Feud
With everything going on in the house, do you really think the Nets want to play the Feud with the Jazz? Joe "Richard Dawson" Netsfan takes a look at the matchup...Read on...
Opponent 59: New York Knicks (24 - 32) - Wednesday, February 26, 2003, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Running With The Devil
Last night the Nets found the simple life weren't so simple, when they jumped out on that road. Tonight they got no love, no love you'd call real. They got nobody waiting at home. WAAAHAAAHAAA-HO! The Nets meet Nicky "Diamond Dingleberry" Knicksfan and the "living their lives like there's no tomorrow" Knicks...Read on...
Opponent 58: Cleveland Cavaliers (10 - 46) - Tuesday, February 25, 2003, 7:00pm EST - Gund Arena
Stankonia, OH
Tonight the Nets play the outcasts of the NBA. Joe takes a deep whiff of Cleveland...Read on...
Opponent 57: Orlando Magic (27 - 29) - Sunday, February 23, 2003, 3:00pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Gooden 'Nuff?
No more Miller Time in Orlando, and T-Mac's not crazy about the idea. He's already channelled his hurt into a 52-point explosion against Chicago. Are the Nets good enough to defeat McGrady and his new teammates Drew Gooden and Gordan Giricek, and get a big rapidly-becoming-rare February win? Read on...
Opponents 56: Washington Wizards (25 - 28) - Friday, February 21, 2003, 7:30pm EST - MCI Center
Forty Winks
We're exhausted after last night's victory over Indiana...but not as tuckered out as Jason Kidd must be. The Wizards are dull, and we hope the Nets won't be lulled into another bad road game...Read on...
Opponent 55: Indiana Pacers (37 - 17) - Thursday, February 20, 2003, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Fear No Evil
The Indiana Pacers have burst from the Gates of Eastern Conference Hell to lord over all that they survey...but malaise has set in among Miller's Minions, as it has set in with the goody-two-shoes Nets...Get ready to experience the best rivalry the East has to offer, and watch the Nets' biggest game of the season so far...Read on...
Opponent 54: Miami Heat (18 - 34) - Tuesday, February 18, 2003, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Heat Stroke
The Miami Heat come north with the losing and the complaining from Coach Pat Riley continuing. With two feet of snow on the ground, couldn't we all be in sunny Miami instead...Joe gets to the bottom of the latest Riley controversy and more...Read on...
Opponent 53 - Philadelphia 76ers (27 - 24) - Sunday, February 16, 2003, 1:00pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Mac Attacked
Last year's model center, Todd MacCulloch, returns to New Jersey suffering from an autoimmune disease that keeps him sidelined. Keith Van Horn is on the trading block, and Dikembe Mutombo is recovering from an injured wrist. Joe feels for the lanky Canadian, but not for the luck of the Sixers, who've tried overhauling the roster with no success and are rumored to be trying to do so again. The crumbling, looking-to-deal Sixers are in town for a nationally televised afternoon delight...Read on...
Opponent 52 - Chicago Bulls (17 - 34) - Friday, February 14, 2003, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Love Shack
Love ain't exactly in the air in Chicago-land, as the struggling Bulls and their young, lonely-hearts club roster come courting a win in New Jersey. But the Bulls seem to have not yet learned that you have to love yourself before you can love others...Read on...
Oppponent 51: Memphis Grizzlies (13 - 35) - Wednesday, February 12, 2003, 8:00pm EST - The Pyramid Arena
Bad News Bears
Hubie Brown is no Walter Mathau, but he does seem to have a touch with loose cannons like Jason Williams. Should cranky Croatian rookie Gordan Giricek really be running this team, which is currently on a league-worst 7-game skid? Champagne takes a look at Memphis' losing ways...Read on...
Opponent 50: Orlando Magic (24 - 26) - Tuesday, February 11, 2003, 7:00pm EST - TD Waterhouse Center
Where's The Beef?
Where is the beef that was supposed to help get Tracy McGrady further into the playoffs? Joe peeks under the bun at the Nets first post-All-Star game matchup...Read on...
Opponent 49: Philadelphia 76ers (25 - 23) - Wednesday, February 5, 2003, 7:30pm EST - First Union Center
Beat-up Bunnies
These Philadelphia rabbits are bruised and beat-up. Can a raging Kenyon Martin pull a Fatal Attraction on Larry Brown's pets and boil them up in their own domiciles? Read on...
Opponent 48: Seattle SuperSonics (21 - 24) - Monday, February 3, 2003, 7:30pm EST - Continental Arena
Masters and Apprentices
Kidd is planning on making his return from injury to meet his former Master, Gary Payton. Champagne pits the two Sorcerers at the Point against each other head-to-head statistically, and rounds up the swirling stories...Read on...
Opponent 47: Detroit Pistons (30 - 15) - Sat., Feb. 1, 2003, 7:30pm EST - The Palace of Auburn Hills
In Defense of Gas Guzzlers
It's amazing how energy-sucking hogs like the Pistons' can still be selling like Humvees. The second half of this back-to-back without Jason Kidd won't be easy: Detroit's physical man-to-man defense is like a ride down Route 17...Read on...
Opponent 46: New Orleans Hornets (24 - 22) - Friday, January 31, 2003, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Voodoo Chillin'
What's going on down in New Orleans to a team that was expected to lead the pack in the Central? Injuries along with the nightlife getting to the Hornets? What kind of whammy will they put on the Nets? Joe zones out...Read on...
Opponent 45: Washington Wizards (22 - 23) - Wednesday, January 29, 2003, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Wizard of Id
Theory: This isn't the original Michael Jordan coming to town for the (supposed) last time. It's one of a string of replacement Jordans the syndicate hired, hoping nobody would notice, to flog the MJ franchise into eternity...Read on...
Opponent 44: Denver Nuggets (10 - 33) - Monday, January 27, 2003, 9:00pm EST - Pepsi Center
4-H Club
In the final competition of the 5-game Western Country Fair, the Nets try to win a prize from the Denver 4-H club of Juwan Howard, Donnel Harvey, Nene Hilario, and Junior Harrington...Read on...
Opponent 43: Los Angeles Lakers (19 - 22) - Friday, January 24, 2003, 10:30pm EST - Staples Center
Basketball Diaries
Come, take a peak into Joe's scary brain in the raw as it hashes over the misfortunes of the on-the-rebound defending Champs...Enjoy...
Opponent 42: Golden State Warriors (18 - 23) - Thursday, January 23, 2003, 10:00pm EST - The Arena In Oakland
Brat Ballers
They're young, they've got toughness, but they haven't made the playoffs in 9 years. Can the Nets grow up, move beyond their roadtrip-opening losses, and take it to these Californa punks? The Warriors – and Netsfans – are restless...Read on...
Opponent 41: Sacramento Kings (30 - 11) - Tuesday, January 21, 2003, 10:00pm EST - Arco Arena
Webber of Deceit?
Perjury charges for Chris Webber...distraction? Joe wonders whether justice be served this evening for the thrashing the Nets were handed by the Kings on January 9th...Read on...
Opponent 40: Utah Jazz (24 - 15) - Monday, January 20, 2003, 9:00pm EST - Delta Center
Jazzercise
With the little bit of history between these two teams, things could get physical, physical. Joe lets you hear his body talk about tonight's match-up...Read on...
Opponent 39: Toronto Raptors (10 - 29) - Friday, January 17, 2003, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Rafer Madness
Rafer "Skip to My Lou" Alston, NYC native and 10-day contract-signer, has led the injury-plagued, undermanned Raptors to two wins in four games since his signing 9 days ago...can Alston help Toronto meet a winning connection in the Continental Arena tonight? Read on...
Opponent 38: Philadelphia 76ers (19 - 18) - Wednesday, January 15, 2003, 7:00pm EST - First Union Center
Chilly Philly
Larry Brown has finally noticed that Keith Van Horn's snowballs tend to melt in hot moments. Brown's Sixers have lost 9 of their last 10 games, including all 6 thus far in 2003...leading to some very familiar-sounding grumbling about the Nets' former favorite whipping boy...Read on...
Opponent 37: Toronto Raptors (8 - 27) - Friday, January 10, 2003, 7pm EST - Air Canada Centre
Near Extinction
Last year the Raptors went on a playoff-making run without Carter, but this year things are very very different. Can the Nets avenge their humiliation by the Kings against the dying Dinos? Read on...
Opponent 36: Sacramento Kings (26 - 9) - Thursday, January 9, 2003, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Queens Of The Stone Age
The Kings keep bludgeoning their way through the West despite injuries to key players such as Mike Bibby, Chris Webber, Scott Pollard and Bobby Jackson, and now they're slouching towards the East...Read on...
Opponent 35: Atlanta Hawks (12 - 20) - Monday, January 6, 2003, 7:30pm EST - Philips Arena
Goin' South
Lon Kruger is out as head coach and Terry Stotts is in...but the losing continues on pace for the Birds...Read on...
Opponent 34: Orlando Magic (18 - 16) - Saturday, January 4, 2003, 7:00pm EST - TD Waterhouse Center
One Big Mac, No Sides
Tracy "Big Mac" McGrady can give a team major agita, with our without his sidemen. Can the Nets digest a McGrady gutbomb? Read on...
Opponent 33: Miami Heat (12 - 19) - Friday, January 3, 2002, 8:00pm EST - American Airlines Arena
The Butler Did It
No mystery in Miami why the Heat are on a roll – it's because the Butler, Caron Butler, is doing it all for Pat Riley...Read on...
Opponent 32: Cleveland Cavaliers (6 - 26) - Mon., Dec. 30, 2002, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Bron Bron Ping Pongers
The Cavaliers have only won 4 games since the Nets annihilated them by 41 points more than a month ago, and there's no reason the Nets won't annihilate the Cavs again tonight in the cruddy old Continental...Read on...
Opponent 30 + 31: Milwaukee Bucks (12 - 15) - Friday & Saturday, December 27 & 28, 2002, 8:00/8:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena/Bradley Center
Bucking A Trend
The Nets come to the end (almost) of their long string of the comforts of home games in December with a home-and-home series against the Milwaukee Bucks...Read on...
Opponent 29: Boston Celtics (18 - 9) - Wed., Dec. 25, 2002, 6:00pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Holiday Finest
There'll be no Christmas cheer between these teams, as they've built quite a rivalry since the bitter, physical Eastern Conference Finals last season...Read on...
Opponent 28: Chicago Bulls (10 - 17) - Mon., Dec. 23, 2002, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Good Times
Like that great '70's sitcom that was set in Chicago, the Bulls are finally getting some recognition...Read on...
Opponent 27: Detroit Pistons (18 - 7) - Sat., December 21, 2002, 8:00pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Revenge Week: Match 2
The Nets are in the midst of an 9-day stretch where they play 5 teams that have beat them on previous occassions. Detroit is #2, and the wound is still fresh, having lost to them only 6 days ago. Can the Nets taste sweet revenge against the Pistons tonight, like they just did against the Lakers? Joe seethes...Read on...
Opponent 26: Los Angeles Lakers (10 - 16) - Thurs., Dec. 19, 2002, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Dynamic Duds
Nobody said it was going to be easy to win four straight. But does Phil Jackson have to play Alfred the Butler to Shaq "Batman" O'Neal and his sidekick Kobe "Robin" Bryant every season? Read on...
Opponent 25: New York Knicks (7 - 14) - Tues., Dec. 17, 2002, 7:30pm EST - Madison Square Garden
Charity Cases
The Nets and Knicks would be rivals, according to Byron Scott, if the Knicks weren't a complete and total disaster from top to bottom...Well, those weren't his exact words...Read on...
Opponent 24: Detroit Pistons (15 - 7) - Sunday, Dec. 15, 2002, 6:00pm EST - The Palace of Auburn Hills
Grinding Gears
Tonight the Nets visit the Pistons, who are #1 in defense and #27 offensively. Can the Nets get it into fourth gear and get those transition points needed for win #6 in a row?...Read on...
Opponent 23: Washington Wizards (9 - 12) - Fri., Dec. 13, 2002, 8:00pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Not The Retiring Type
Is Jordan's retirement announcement a motivational ploy? If not, MJ makes his second-to-last appearance in New Jersey (barring a meeting in the post-season)...on Friday the 13th...Read on...
Opponent 22: Portland Trail Blazers (10 - 9) - Wed., Dec. 11, 2002, 7:00pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Get Out Of Town
If there was ever a team that couldn't wait to hit the road, it's the Blazers, a team trying to avoid the heat at home...Joe rehashes the Blazers controversies...Read on...
Opponent 21: Phoenix Suns (10 - 9) - Monday, December 9, 2002, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Travels with Stephon
Will the Nets squash Stephon like a road apple? Phoenix is coming to NJ straight from a road loss to Memphis, of all teams. Joe checks Phoenix' map...Read on...
Opponent 20: Orlando Magic (11 - 8) - Saturday, December 7, 2002, 7:30pm EST - Continental Arena
Cast Aside
Grant Hill is back, but Orlando's left ankle injury woes linger on. Champagne has the story on the injuries to both the Nets and Orlando...Read on...
Opponent 19: Atlanta Hawks (8 - 9) - Tuesday, December3, 2002, 7:30pm EST - Continental Arena
Shake Your Money Maker
The Nets West Coast swing is over, but no rest for the weary (and injured) as the Hawks and the Big Dog come to town...Read on...
Opponent 18: Seattle Super Sonics (9 - 8) - Sunday, December 1, 2002, 9:00PM EST - Key Arena
Space Oddity
What's going on near the Space Needle in Seattle? The banged up Nets end their West Coast trip against the formerly up and now down Sonics..Read on...
Opponent 17: Portland Trail Blazers (7 - 7) - Saturday, November 30, 2002, 10:00PM EST - Rose Garden
Up In Smoke
The Portland Trail Blazers have often acted like the most-talented but criminal-element team on the face of the NBA planet, but this season must be a new record for self-destruction...Read on...
Opponent 16: Los Angeles Clippers (5 - 10) - Thursday, November 28, 2002, 10:00PM EST - Staples Center
Slip Sliding Away
So much for stepping up. It's been more like fumbling away for Los Angeles. The Clippers are next up in the second game of a tough back-to-back...Read on...
Opponent 15: Phoenix Suns (6 - 6) - Wednesday, November 27, 2002, 9:00PM EST - America West Arena
Slow on the Draw
Steph vs Kidd: The controversy continues. In Phoenix, they're trying to do some spin control...Read on...
Opponent 14: Minnesota Timberwolves (7 - 6) - Saturday, November 23, 2002, 8:00pm EST - Target Center
Middle of the Road
Can the Nets make roadkill out of the bland Minnesotan "you win one, you lose one" Timberwolves? Joe surveys the squad that's currently light on Wally...Read on...
Opponent 13: Cleveland Cavaliers (2 - 10) - Fri., Nov. 22, 2002, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Getting Pissy
Want relief from your worries about your 8 - 4 Nets? Check out these Cavs stories and see if they don't smell like they've been pumped out of the outhouse of Nets' seasons past...Read on...
Opponent 12 - Boston Celtics (6 - 4) - Wednesday, November 20, 2002, 7:00pm EST - FleetCenter
Barroom Brawlers
The FleetCenter is the bar on the bad side of the tracks for the Nets, site of the greatest playoff comeback in NBA history and home to the lowest-browed fans in the NBA...Read on...
Opponent 11: Denver Nuggets (2 - 7) - Mon., November 18, 2002, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
D.N.R.
You've seen the best in the West come into town last weekend: now, how about the worst? The Denver Nuggets, up next for the Nets, already wear a "Do Not Resuscitate" tag...Read on...
Opponent 10: Dallas Mavericks (9 - 0) - Sat., November 16, 2002, 7:30pm EST - Continental Airlines Arena
The Outlaw Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Nowitzki playing defense? Shawn Bradley bulking up? Oh dear lord...The townspeople are nervous...the undefeated Mavericks are at the gates...Read on...
Opponent 9: Miami Heat (1 - 5) - Friday, November 15, 2002, 8:00pm EST - American Airlines Arena
American Ground: Miami
The recovery and rebuilding begins for Pat Riley's decimated Heat. Has Riles finally lost it? Read on...
Opponent 8: San Antonio Spurs (5 - 2) - Wednesday, November 13, 2002, 7:00pm EST - Continental Arena
Old Navy
Ahoy there Netsfans! David "The Admiral" Robinson drops anchor at the Continental Arena for the last time – barring a Nets/Spurs Finals. Read on...
Opponent 7: Chicago Bulls (2 - 4) - Saturday, November 9, 2002, 7:30pm EST - United Center
Marshall Plan
Will Donyell Marshall solve the Bulls' rebuilding woes? Or will Chicago remain a destroyed franchise for yet another season?...Read on...
Opponent 6: Los Angeles Clippers (1 - 3) - Friday, November 8, 2002, 7:30pm EST - Continental Arena
Brand X
Who are these X-Factors from the Y Generation? Joe spots Elton Brand, Michael Olowokandi, Quentin Richardson, Keyon Dooling and Andre Miller hovering above Devils Arena...Read on...
Opponent 5: Milwaukee Bucks (1 - 2) - Wednesday, November 6, 2002, 9:30pm EST - Bradley Center
The Vagina Monologues
Girl talk from Joe about the big pussies in Milwaukee. Will the Nets escape the chatty, catty Bucks with their self-respect intact? Read on...
Opponent 4: Minnesota Timberwolves (2 - 1) - Monday, November 4, 2002, 7:30pm EST - Continental Arena
Speed Wolf
Kevin Garnett is missing running mates Terrell Brandon, Felipe Lopez and Joe Smith, and even Wally Szczerbiak is hurting. Can the Timberwolves still zip out of New Jersey with a win? Read on...
Opponent 3: Washington Wizards (1 - 1) - Saturday, November 2, 2002, 7:00pm EST - MCI Center
Stacked
The Wiz added a second bonafide star, Jerry Stackhouse, in a majorly larcenous trade with Detroit. Will an improved Kwame Brown grow into the third? Read on...
Opponet 2: Indiana Pacers (1 - 0) - Friday, November 1, 2002, 7:30pm EST - Continental Arena
Mercy Me
Thank the fates that the undead Reggie "Bat Boy" Miller will remain in his injury list casket. Now Coach Thomas has instituted a mish-mash of motion offenses. Tonight, will the Nets have reasons to fear? Read on...
Opponent 1: Atlanta Hawks (0 - 0) - Wednesday, October 30, 2002, 7:30pm EST - Continental Arena
Money Back Guarantee
So confident are the Atlanta Hawks that the team is guaranteeing full season-ticket holders $125 back if they don't make the playoffs. Have they got a reason to believe? Read on...
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