New Jersey Nets (1-2) @ Phoenix Suns (2-2)
First Half:
The Suns cam eout scoring, as the usually do. The Nets defense held them, but not very well. The gap was surmountale, but rather large. A big factor was Joe Johnson, who shut down Vince Carter. Six minutes into the first quarter, we got to see new aquisitions
Sebastian Telfair and
Devin Brown. The first time he touched the ball, Telfair drove, dished it to Krstic and got the assits on Krstic's dunk. Then, after a few minutes, Brown hit a long two pointer. After one quarter, the Suns led by 12. Telfair then tried his hardest to get the Nets back into the game, scoring 9 by himslef, and getting 2 assists. But despitehis good play, the Nets trailed by 23 at the half. A blowout waiting to happen.
Key Players: Telfair and Barbosa
Second Half:
The second half remained quite the same. Th Nest couldn't get any shots to fall. They got offensive rebounds, but they were all blocked or missed. It seemed like no one could stop the Suns on offense either. Marion and Amare were wrecking the Nets weak low post presence. Also, even though Kidd was contesting shots well, the 3 pointers kept falling for the Suns. The game continued on this way, with not much change. Telfair continued to have a good game. After 3 quarters, the score was 93-68 Nets. Haha, just kiddng, it was 93-68 Suns. Telfair led the team with 15 points, and Krstic had 9 boards. In the fourth, the Nets came back, cutting into the lead. The lead seemed to be too much, though, and the Suns were still scoring. The Nets did better in the fourth than the other quarters, but still were losing by 20 for most of the time. Th game ended with the final score of the Suns 111 the Nets 94.
The player of the game was Amare Stoudemire, with 19 points, 11 rebounds, 5 blocks and 4 steals.
Jason Kidd led the Nets with 16 points, Krstic lead them with 12 rebounds and Telfair had a scorching first game, leading the team wit 4 assists.
The scoring for the Nets was not ver bad, with Krstic, Robinson, Jefferson, Carter, Kidd and Telfair in double digits. Krstic and Telfair showed a hint of what the Nets might become, two very good rookieson the team.
Matchup Outcome:
No. The Nets could not stop the Suns from scoring, rolling to 111 points. A poor showing by the Nets.
Second Half Photos:
Krstic takes one to the house on Amare's head.
Krstic puts back a shot attempt with a nasty dunk.
Sebastian Telfair can dunk?
Jefferson throws one down nicely for 2 points.
Telfair and Jefferson complete a super alle-oop. And it was on a fast break!
The game's box score.
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Game 5
New Jersey Nets (1-3) @ Charlotte Bobcats (5-1)
Fri., Nov. 26th, 2004
Matchup:
SF, SG, PG Jefferson, Carter and Kidd vs. SF, SG, PG Wallace, Bogans and Knight
Can these three lesser known players stop the Nets' three primetime players?
-JKidd