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			Game 82: Pacers 90, Nets 83 - April 16, 2003 No Risk, No Reward New! Byron Scott rested his starters in a meaningless game for NJ, and his bench did give the Indiana starters cause for some concern – this game wasn't decided until the final minutes. Indiana takes the #3 seed, and New Jersey will now match up with Milwaukee in Round 1 of the playoffs. Joe reviews a game that managed to have some hot moments despite Scott's conservative approach – including Jason Collins' flagrant 2 foul on Reggie Miller...Read on... Game 81: Hornets 87, Nets 74 - April 14, 2003 Swarmed The Nets had the flowers of an Atlantic Division title at their picking, with a win assuring New Jersey of a second consecutive divisional crown and keeping them in the race for the Eastern Conference's top seed. Instead, the Nets were swarmed by a more determined opponent, closing out their last home game with a loss that denies them a shot at the #1 seed...and could eventually lead to their slipping to third. Joe's mind is now poisoned, and doubts about the Nets' post-season success are pounding in his brain...Read on... Game 80: Nets 94, Raptors 86 - April 12, 2003 War Of Attrition It was like CNN reporting from Baghdad long after the shooting stopped, and was about as exciting as hearing the same sound bite for the 27th time in an hour. The Nets survive against the undermanned Raptors despite another fourth quarter drought and win a game they have to win behind RJ, KMart and JKidd to snap their unfathomable two game losing streak...Joe reports from the front lines... Game 79: Bulls 95, Nets 85 - April 11, 2003 24 The Nets once again commit their two biggest sins of the 2002 - 2003 season: forgetting to play more than 24 minutes, and sucking wind in the waning moments of tight fourth quarters. Despite acting like Kiefer Sutherland in the tv show "24", Kenyon Martin can't save the day for the confounding Nets, who lose to the Bulls and lose a chance to pick up ground on Detroit and Philadelphia...Joe has the review... Game 78: Hawks 97, Nets 92 - April 9, 2003 Power Outage The Nets (excepting Jason Kidd, who registered his 50th career triple double) fail to plug in until the last 10 minutes of this game, slipping into a 17-point 4th quarter hole before mounting an electric comeback that just fails to supply enough juice for a W...and if they want to regain the #1 seed in the East (they lost it back to the Pistons tonight), their margin of error has been reduced to zero...Read on... Game 77: Nets 96, Raptors 87 - April 6, 2003 Air Time The Nets get a boost from the return of Kenyon Martin and Lucious Harris and survive the exploits of Vince "Air Apparent" Carter...Read on... Game 76: Nets 99, Heat 83 - April 4, 2003 Dust My Broom A little spring cleaning for NJ, as the Nets sweep their season series with the Miami Heat for the first time ever. Champagne has the highlights, such as they were, in this chore of a game to witness...Read on... Game 75: Hornets 106, Nets 97 - April 2, 2003 Hostile Takeover A coup in the boardroom, with Baron Davis (19 points, 7 assists in only 3 quarters) leading the hostile takeover of the Nets with slick moves, smooth shooting and lots of glasswork in a corporate victory over NJ...Read on... Game 74: Nets 110, Rockets 86 - March 31, 2003 Movin' On Up Richard Jefferson and Jason Kidd help the Nets move back on up to that deluxe apartment of a four game winning streak. Yao Ming makes like Wilt Chamberlain early, but the Nets easily make up for the absence of Kenyon Martin and Lucious Harris. George Jefferson would be proud...Read on... Game 73: Nets 109, Warriors 97 - March 29, 2003 March Madness The Nets play a bracket buster with the Warriors on a March night in which everything is madness. Mutombo returns, Martin and Kittles get injured and Kidd dunks a basketball before the Nets finally gut-check a win in a tight fourth quarter for their third straight win...Read on... Game 72: Nets 122, Knicks 101 - March 28, 2003 Jefferson For President! Richard Jefferson throws his hat in the ring – and slams the ball through the hoop – scoring a career-best 39 points. The Nets shoot hot (61.7%), distribute (16 assists for Kidd), and slam-dunk the Knicks out of the primaries (68 Nets points in the paint on a variety of thrilling 'oops and reverse-slams). It's the Nets over the Knicks in a landslide...Read on... Game 71: Nets 101, Knicks 95 - March 26, 2003 Kidd's Closers The bruised and battered Nets relearn their fourth-quarter ABCs: Always Be a Closer. An exciting, contentious game that was tied at the end of 3 – and out came the Nets with smooth-talking shot-making, and non-stop in-your-pocket defense to get the Knicks signing checks for the Nets' gain. Kerry Kittles earns the gold watch for scoring 23 points to Allan Houston's 19, and holding Houston to zero points in the fourth...Read on... Game 70: Cavs 93, Nets 88 - March 23, 2003 Birthday Bomb An utter calamity in Cleveland. Jason Kidd, on his 30th birthday, desperately attempts to liven up his own party...and turns it over across the endline with 15 seconds left and the Nets down by 2. The Nets had one good quarter – the first – and they were done, their party crashed by Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who nobody could keep out of the lane...Read on... Game 69: Nets 107, Grizzlies 99 - March 22, 2003 Saturday Night Live On Saturday night Guest Host Jason Kidd made sure every "Not Ready for Playoff-Time" Nets player shined in the spotlight, handing out a season-high 18 assists. The Grizz three-bombed their way back into this, reducing a 21-point hole to only 10, but the Nets kept producing good material all the way to the end of the show. At last: we thought we'd never laugh again...Read on... Game 68: Bucks 104, Nets 85 - March 19, 2003 Easy Marks Witnessing this game was kind of like walking through Old New York City (circa 1978) with your father, and watching him get taken by a cups-and-balls operator on 7th Avenue. It's depressing when illusions peel away: suddenly Dad doesn't seem so together. And neither do the Nets. Tied at the end of three, in the first five minute of the fourth quarter the Bucks went on a 15 - 2 run. In the fourth the Nets would turn the ball over 7 times (on their way to a season-high 27 turnovers for the game), and only score 12 points. Another costly tight-game flub...Read on... Game 67: Nets 87, Celtics 74 - March 18, 2003 Brothers In Arms Little Brother Richard Jefferson and Big Brother Kenyon Martin combine to score 49 points – that's 56% of the Nets offense. Deadly duo Walker and Pierce? A mere 37 points. Boston's 3-point Scud-shooting? They hit only 1 out of 21. A strong divisional victory for the Nets...Read on... Game 66: Sixers 92, Nets 87 - March 16, 2003 Stolen Promises The Sixers steal the ball from the Nets 16 times, steal this game in the second half, and abscond with the Nets' mojo. Kidd Koughs it up – 12 times! DC is dastardly – grabbing Kenyon's uni! The lights go out in the Nets' house – they fail to hit a single field goal in the last 9 minutes! And the Sixers take the season series...Read on... Game 65: Nets 90, Celtics 75 - March 13, 2003 Never Satisfied Kenyon Martin writes the rallying cry for the last games of the regular season on both of his socks: "Never Satisfied." But he had to be pretty happy with this win: 6 Nets in double figures (including 15 for Jason Collins), and a decisive shut-down of Antoine Walker (10 points off 3 - 15 shooting)...Read on... Game 64: Nets 102, Hornets 92 - March 9, 2003 Against All Odds After the Nets get their first win in 5 games Joe's overcome with embarrassing soft-rock emotions. He really thought that the chances of the Nets coming back to him were against all odds. The Nets release a solid album of hits that include Kerry Kittles' 20 points, Kenyon Martin's 19, Kidd and Jefferson's 17 each, and a big 16 from bench-producer Brian "Veal" Scalabrine...Read on... Game 63: Rockets 83, Nets 71 - March 8, 2003 Dead Men Walking The Nets, imprisoned by their own violent incompetence, scored a franchise record low for a quarter with 8 points in the second, and a franchise record low for a half with 24 points in the first, before going toes-up and getting tossed in Potter's Field. The Nets drop to 0 - 3 in Texas, with the hangman's rope swinging for Passenger Byron Scott...Read on... Game 62: Spurs 92, Nets 78 - March 6, 2003 Choose Your Own Misadventure Champagne lets you pick your own late-game strategy...or just leave it up to the players to vote on. Heck, Byron seems to like to! A high-speed disaster in which the Nets get out-played every quarter, Kidd gets out-played by Tony Parker, Emanual Ginobili nearly out-plays the Nets' bench, and Byron Scott (presumably) draws up a three-point attempt late in the game...for Kenyon Martin...Read on... Game 61: Mavericks 88, Nets 79 - March 4, 2003 Fractured Fairy Tales If the Nets have a Fairy Godmother, then her magic wand isn't functioning. Heck, it didn't look like the Nets had much of a point guard tonight either...Steve Nash outplayed Kidd, and the Nets squandered a fine defensive performance (+17 in the rebounding column, holding Finley and Nowitzki's scoring down for most of the game) by turning the ball over 23 times to the Mavericks' 9...the Nets turn into pumpkins again in a tight, late-game situation...Read on... Game 60: Jazz 91, Nets 90 - March 2, 2003 It's NetsNuts' World, Joe's Just Living In It Joe witnesses the final play of the game unfolding directly in front of his eyes: the Stockton baseline jumper, the Kirilenko tip-in at the buzzer. All thanks to NetsNut...Read on... Game 59: Nets 105, Knicks 76 - February 26, 2003 Fire Starter Kidd treats the first quarter as if it was the 4th, where he scores 12 of his game-high 21 points. His teammates catch fire, treating their captain to a 4th quarter rest, in a 5-alarm, going-away, back-draft blow-up of Dolan's Dunderheads. Joe passes around cups of cold water to celebrate, and tosses the Nets' 3-game losing streak into the blaze...Read on... Game 58: Cavaliers 93, Nets 90 - February 25, 2003 Stooges Keith Smart gets his 3rd win as the Cavs head coach! The Cavaliers? They get their 11th win of the season! How they'd do it? By beating the Eastern Conference stooges, the New Jersey Nets – currently heading downhill on a February death trip. Blame everybody but Jason Kidd (31 points, 9 assists) and Kenyon Martin (didn't play due to personal matters)...Read on... Game 57: Magic 113, Nets 105 - February 23, 2003 "State Of Funk" Byron Scott says his Nets are in a "state of funk." Not the kind Joe usually "digs." Hear this: Two superstars get triple doubles, there are 4 Kidd-to-Martin alley-oops, McGrady scores 46 points, the Nets put on a freakishly productive display of backcourt pressure in the third quarter and stage a comeback from having been down by 15, but then get no points for the first 6 minutes of the fourth...while Garrity and McGrady score 17. Funky indeed. Read on... Game 56: Wizards 89, Nets 86 - February 21, 2003 Crossing Jordan Netsfans bear witness to the Greatest Performance By A 40-Year Old Ever. Michael Jordan, the one true Basketball Jesus, dunks the Nets in his glory and greatness, scoring 43 points off 60% shooting. Champagne has his Hallelujahs and his condemnations from the pulpit...Read on... Game 55: Nets 98, Pacers 91 - February 20, 2003 Undeniable Jason Kidd, with a game-high 31 points and 12 assists (throw in 9 rebounds too), plays a staggering, dominating end-game, scoring 18 of the Nets' 28 points in the fourth quarter to secure this uplifting win. A contest that lived up to its billing as a clash of Eastern Conference titans, and in which the Nets played in championship-era ABA uniforms...Read on... Game 54: Nets 84, Heat 79 - February 18, 2003 Personal Valet This is the kind of game where Joe likes to lie back, close his eyes and tinkle a bell, expecting his Nets to serve up a win post haste. It looked like this would be the case early on – Kenyon Martin seemed to exist only to score – until the three-balls starting falling for the party-crashing Heat. The Nets end up having to scramble, but Joe gets his home win...Read on... Game 53: Sixers 90, Nets 83 - February 16, 2003 Punch Drunk Reunion Much of the extended ex-Net family was in town today, and the reunion didn't go well. Expected to be a meet-and-greet with ol' whipping boy Keith Van Horn, another fat, slovenly ex-Net pushed around his old mates...Read on... Game 52: Nets 90, Bulls 72 - February 14, 2003 Safe House With their enforcer Kenyon Martin wearing a suit, the Nets band together, find the evacuation route in the third quarter and bring home a win against the Bulls in their 23 - 2 safe house...Read on... Game 51: Grizzlies 97, Nets 90 - February 12, 2003 Killer Cubs Champagne, staggering in his bloody, shredded Nets t-shirt, is looking for a park ranger, so he can sob out the story of the first quarter of this game: viciously attacked by bear cubs that grabbed a 17-point lead and only let the Nets score 8...Read on... Game 50: Magic 92, Nets 83 - February 11, 2003 Recidivists Back-sliding into bad habits after All-Star games is nothing new to the Nets...just as struggling against his demons is nothing new to Shawn Kemp. The Nets' loss in Orlando is overshadowed by news that Kemp has been suspended indefinitely for violating the league's anti-drug policy...Read on... Game 49: Nets 111, Sixers 85 - February 5, 2003 Good Hands People Kenyon Martin left the game late in the 1st quarter with a left knee strain and did not return (he'll have an MRI, but X-rays were negative). Okay, where do we get an emergency 35 points? It's going to be alright – we had insurance. Good hands person Kerry Kittles, and his staff back at the office, pushed through the paperwork on a W. This is what we pay all that money for...Read on... Game 48: Nets 109, Sonics 108 OT - February 3, 2003 Shock Therapy A career 35-point, 12 rebound night from a rampaging, aggressive Kenyon Martin almost gets thrown in the bin when folks get lax with the pill. A laughing lob-fest turns electric as the Sonics flip the switch on the Nets, and our sophomore starters seize up with The Fear. Scary, thrilling, OT therapy for the Nets. Somewhere Richard Jefferson is weeping with gratitude...Read on... Game 47: Pistons 106, Nets 84 - February 1, 2003 Negativity Land A dreary game played on a depressing day...the Nets reverse the good D trend that got them back on track, and the Nets' back-up PGs played like Anti-Kidds...Read on... Game 46: Nets 89, Hornets 72 - January 31, 2003 Paint By Numbers Welcome to our world of beauty, peace and hope, a world where the Nets can draw up Ws even without a genius playing the point. Can the Nets' basketball system show us ways to lead a simpler, richer, more satisfying life? Joe "Painter of Wins™" Netsfan says yes...Read on... Game 45: Nets 86, Wizards 78 - January 29, 2003 Understudy Steals The Show Anthony Johnson steps in for an injured Jason Kidd (strained right groin) and receives the victory bouquet. The Nets show moxie and get star turns out of Richard Jefferson (24 points) and Kenyon Martin, who gathered a career-high 21 rebounds. Michael Jordan? He'd better return to his second love: directing. Read on... Game 44: Nets 92, Nuggets 66 - January 27, 2003 Picks and Pans A showing by the Nuggets that was so disasterously inept it should have been cancelled...Read on... Game 43: Nets 89, Lakers 83 - January 24, 2003 Hotel California "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave." It was beginning to seem that way for the Nets, huh fans? We now know the West Coast tour will lose money, but it will not be without high points, thank goodness. A regrouping gets the Nets a win in decadent LA...Read on... Game 42: Warriors 105, Nets 97 - January 23, 2003 One-Man Band Jason Kidd scores a season-high 41 points, doing it all in yet another irritating loss to a Western Conference team. The Nets open their 5-game road trip 0 - 3, smashing through their (formerly) sound two-game losing streak barrier. Champagne points fingers at the drop-outs in Kidd's combo, and at the fans who failed to vote Kidd a starter's slot in the 2003 All-Star game...Read on... Game 41: Kings 109, Nets 102 - January 21, 2003 Middle Ages Gather at Champagne's feet for the sad tale of a brave band of travelers, set to the pan flute. Chris Webber played like a mythical beast that could not be slayed. For the first time this season, the Nets fail to wreak revenge. Read on... Game 40: Jazz 106, Nets 103 OT - January 20, 2003 Emptying The Tank Jason Kidd left everything he had all over the service-bay floor – 33 points in 44 minutes of this tense, exciting, physical game. But the antique land yachts Stockton and Malone were too big, and too tough...Joe fills you in... Game 39: Nets 88, Raptors 77 - January 17, 2003 Extinction-Level Event Tonight the Raptors had more DNPs than available players – 9 vs. 8 – and three of those who played were 10-day contractors. Easily...but tediously...the Purple Dinos fell...Read on... Game 38: Sixers 108, Nets 107 - January 15, 2003 Wrong Number Person-to-person it was no contest: Kenyon Martin (24 points and a career-high 16 rebounds) rang Keith Van Horn's bells all night. But when it counted in the infamous clutch? Keith picked it up. The Nets tried to dial #5 during their heart-pounding last-minute emergency, but kept getting hung up on by the Sixers' #3 and #4...Read on... Game 37: Nets 94, Raptors 79 - January 10, 2003 Canadian Geese With only 9 guys available, it was all the Raptors could do to put up a struggle before the Nets cooked their goose...Read on... Game 36: Kings 118, Nets 82 - January 9, 2003 Royal Ass-Kicking It's good to be the Kings...and it sucks to be us. Two Nets' streaks get guillotined by the hot-shooting pretenders to the Western Throne. A game that may live in infamy...Read on... Game 35: Nets 101, Hawks 94 - January 6, 2003 Birds Of A Feather The Nets get greasy hands during their last game of their 3-game southern-fried swing, but flock together in a zone formation in the fourth, and flap to the bucket for foul shots to put their 10th win in a row on a paper plate...Colonel Joe reviews... Game 34: Nets 88, Magic 83 - January 4, 2003 Inside Job The Magic had nobody to stop Kenyon "Off the Books" Martin inside, who snuck away with yet another double-double...but then the Nets nearly turned it over to the Feds in the fourth, accounting badly for the ball...Read on... Game 33: Nets 100, Heat 80 - January 3, 2003 Easy Company Conquers Heat The Nets crossed Miami's wire and swarmed their compound behind the aggressive passing of Jason "Sergeant Rock" Kidd (13 assists) and the hard-charging slam-downs of Easy Company's commando Richard Jefferson (game-high 26 points)...Read on... Game 32: Nets 102, Cavaliers 88 - December 30, 2002 Kenyon's Birthday Throwdown Kenyon Martin celebrated his 25th birthday the only way he knows how: with dunk after screaming dunk (and a game-high 28 points)...Read on... Game 31: Nets 104, Bucks 96 - December 28, 2002 Ol' Milwaukee The Nets sweep the home-and-home series with the Bucks as Kenyon Martin grabs some ol' Milwaukee and slams down 24 points and 12 rebounds. Netsfan friend Vince Vincenzo files the report...Read on.. Game 30: Nets 110, Bucks 90 - December 27, 2002 Busting Loosh For a guy who was expected to take a supporting role, Lucious Harris is starting to bust out into a pretty damned good star. Lucious made sure the bright lights of ESPN2 brought out the best in him for the Nets' 12th straight home court win...Read on.. Game 29: Nets 117, Celtics 81 - December 25, 2002 Blizzard Of Points The raging Nor'easter that hit New Jersey couldn't stop the Nets from scorching play that embarassed the hated Celtics and increased the home win streak to eleven...Read on.. Game 28: Nets 99, Bulls 83 - December 23, 2002 Bull Rushed Revenge win #3 is secured, thanks to Lucious Harris, Richard Jefferson and Jason Kidd. The worst road team in the NBA is overwhelmed in the third quarter to give New Jersey its 10th straight home win...Read on... Game 27: Nets 100, Pistons 92 - December 21, 2002 Screaming For Vengeance Is it our fault, loving him so? I mean, that he was so precious, how could we know? Jason Kidd takes the Pistons' chains off our hearts for Revenge Win #2...Read on... Game 26: Nets 98, Lakers 71 - December 19, 2002 Skinned, Gutted and "Deeboned" The Nets regain their team-play soul and squirt lemon on the bottom-feeding Lakers. Lucious Harris and Rodney "Deebo" Rogers put on their bibs and Jason Kidd serves up another great game...Read on... Game 25: Knicks 101, Nets 99 - December 17, 2002 Oh, It's a Rivalry Alright Duck! Here comes Nicky Knicksfan swinging humble pie. Jason Kidd scores more points than he ever has as a Net – 39! – and the Nets still lose to the hopeless Knicks. And that's your problem right there...Read on... Game 24: Pistons 101, Nets 91 - December 15, 2002 Motion Sickness Joe and the Nets get "Jelly Belly" after Zeljko "Jelly" Rebraca hits inside for 16 of his 21 points in the second quarter, and the Pistons' sick-making defense chokes the life out of the Nets...Read on... Game 23: Nets 79, Wizards 65 - December 13, 2002 Forwards, Ho! The Nets streak is alive, thanks to SF Richard Jefferson and PF Kenyon Martin, who combined to score a little more than half of the Nets' points. And Jason Kidd gets his 2nd triple double of the season and 48th of his career...Read on... Game 22: Nets 105, Trailblazers 104 - December 11, 2002 Jolly Rogers Our women and children are safe from the scourges of the NBA – thanks in large part to Rodney Rogers, who made the play of the game...Read on... Game 21: Nets 106, Suns 93 - December 9, 2002 Solar Powered Team play from the Nets burns Stephon "The Suns Revolve Around Me" Marbury to a crisp. The beginning of the game was a Nets brown-out, but the second and third quarters were very high in candle-power...Read on... Game 20: Nets 121, Magic 88 - December 7, 2002 Breakout! A load off our mind: Rodney Rogers and Tamar Slay help themselves to season-high and career-high scoring numbers, respectively, while helping the Nets paddle the sleepy, defensively-challenged, trick-ankle Magic. A liberating team-play game from the Nets...Read on... Game 19: Nets 87, Hawks 72 - December 3, 2002 You Wrote the Review Joe and Champagne were on the road and were both going to miss this game. We asked you to write the review, and you responded. Here's how it looked to Vincent Vincenzo, Ken Gilmore, and Craig. Vincent liked Rodney Roger's game, Ken Gilmore has a good theory about Richard Jefferson's free throws, and Craig gets cranky about Kelly Tripucka...Read on... Game 18: SuperSonics 96, Nets 95 - December 1, 2002 Seattle Slew The last game of the Nets' 4 game western roadtrip: a stunning loss to Seattle due to two missed Richard Jefferson free throws and one painful Brent Barry 3-pointer...Read on... Game 17: Nets 93, Blazers 86 - November 30, 2002 Rescue Hero Our own fourth quarter rescue hero turns the embers of a burnt 25 point lead into a victory pyre against the Blazers. Portland's second unit flames the Nets after Kerry Kittles gets hurt, but Jason Kidd once again carries the squad...Read on... Game 16: Clippers 126, Nets 118 OT - November 28, 2002 L.A. Law The Nets meet resistance from the Clippers and must go before the judge to defend their actions, most notably, waiting for Jason Kidd to do everything. Joe puts the Nets on trial in L.A as their road woes continue...Read on... Game 15: Suns 82, Nets 75 - November 27, 2002 Burned and Blistered What is it about Phoenix that causes the Nets to get woozy from the heat, sunburned and peeling and coming away with losses? The Nets get burned by horrible shooting and a last minute fade...Read on... Game 14: Nets 96, Timberwolves 82 - November 23, 2002 Cutting a Rug Kerry Kittles shoots 75% from the field and scores 13 of his 19 points in the first quarter to give the Nets a double-digit lead to hold. The Nets nail the T'wolves' pelt to a wall in their den...Read on... Game 13: Nets 120, Cavaliers 79 - November 22, 2002 All Aboard The Nets smash the Cavaliers as a prelude to their 5-game western cruise. Eight men get in double digits and every active Net scores. More importantly? Cap'n Kidd gets plenty of rest. Champagne has the review...Read on... Game 12: Celtics 96, Nets 79 - November 20, 2002 Don't Shoot! Fine. The petty Celtics got their revenge. Boston wanted this one badly, shutting the gates on the Nets and shooting them full of holes with both barrels blazing. Are we talking Pierce and Walker? Nope. Try Tony Delk and Shammond Williams...Read on... Game 11: Nets 99, Nuggets 79 - November 18, 2002 Trash Collectors Rarely do you collect a win that stinks. Not that we're proud, mind you. We'll take it. The Nets swept the court clean of all the loose passes the slobby Nuggets spilled – hey Denver, the "'oops" are on us! Read on... Game 10: Mavs 96, Nets 88 - November 16, 2002 Nashty Notes Joe lets Champagne manage this site for one game – and if there's one thing Champagne knows about being the boss, it's that dicky memos solve everything! The Nets frontcourt didn't get their memo about showing up against the (still) undefeated Mavs...Let the chastising begin... Game 9: Nets 93, Heat 84 - November 15, 2002 Ladder Company No. 5 Rescue Hero Cap'n Kidd floods Miami with 33 points to put out the Heat, and Kenyon Martin gets his nose broken by ex-Net Vladimir Stepania. Joe has the review, Champagne has his Moments...Read on... Game 8: Nets 91, Spurs 82 - November 13, 2002 Spurned The Nets continued their coquettish ways: teasing fans with a soft showing in the 1st half, then frustrating their opponents in the second. Richard Jefferson hits for a career-high 27 points, Kidd shuts down Tony Parker, and Lucious Harris gets 12 of his 15 in the fourth...Read on... Game 7: Bulls 100, Nets 93 - November 9, 2002 Avant-Guard Old guard vs. New guard. The Bulls' rookie PG Jay Williams formally introduced himself to the NBA as a superstar-in-waiting with a phenomenally gutsy triple-double performance, vanquishing his grand foe Jason Kidd – who, improbably, scored a triple-double himself. Champagne reports from his overlook of the battle...Read on... Game 6: Nets 106, Clippers 92 - November 8, 2002 Control Freak It Came To Destroy the Clippers: Jason Kidd, with 27 of his with-the-Nets-high 35 points coming in the 2nd half, took over this game and secured a W from the Clipper-kids' athletic attack. Joe has the review, Champagne has his moments...Read on... Game 5: Bucks 99, Nets 93 - November 6, 2002 Dying Here in Allentown The Nets didn't play very blue-collar against the 3-point firebomb-throwing Bucks, suffering their first defeat of the season. Ray Allen demonstrated ownership of Milwaukee with violence: 29 points and 3 out of 7 three-pointers. Joe has the review...Read on... Plus! Champagne has two guides: How To Talk Like You Just Arrived from 1993 by imitating Stuart Scott of ESPN, and How to Just Sound Like a Putz by repeating comments made by ESPN's Brent Musberger. Game 4: Nets 106, Timberwolves 82 - November 4, 2002 The Fast and the Furious Richard Jefferson scales 7-feet of foreign-born T'wolf in the second quarter for the play of the season so far, gets woofed at by Kevin Garnett, and launches for 17 of his 22 points in the third – a quarter in which the Nets sped the T'Wolves to extinction, outscoring them 39 to 22. The Nets secure their 4th straight victory to open the season, and Joe was there to see it...Read on... Game 3: Nets 87, Wizards 79 - November 2, 2002 Roadblock A bad, pot-holed road. Redeemed by the early smooth shooting of Kerry Kittles, the tear-it-up Nets team defense in the second half, and the late-game driving of Jason Kidd. Jerry Stackhouse and Michael Jordan, the Bo and Luke Duke of the Wiz, contained...Read on... Game 2: Nets 102, Pacers 91 - November 1, 2002 When Point Guards Attack! The carry-over effect from the Nets' double OT knock-out of the Pacers in Round 1, Game 5 of the 2002 playoffs leads to a long evening filled with technical and flagrant fouls. And 3 ejections – all of them point guards. Erick Strickland, Anthony Johnson and believe it or not, an elbow-throwing Jason Kidd all get tossed out of this alley-scrap...Read on... Game 1: Nets 105, Hawks 94 - October 30, 2002 Atlanta Appetizer The short-staffed Hawks serve up an opening night stinker that the Nets nearly choke back up onto the plate...Read on... Archive \| Backlash \| Bio \| Calendar \| Champagne's Blog \| Diatribe \| Game x Game \| History \| Home \| Joe Netsfan's Blog \| Media \| Opponents \| Players \| Playoffs \| Search \| Specials © 2002 Shawn Belschwender and Michael Kozlowski