.:[Srbija's] New Jersey Nets:.:[5-3] RECAP VS CLEVELAND!:.

[Its_asdf]

Damn, 62% percent from the field, that's insane realistically, but in Live I guess it is a pretty easy task. I'm glad that you tweaked the minutes around because you've gotten pretty good results.

Kobe scoring 48 of the team's 79 points doesn't come off as a suprise to me...

[Srbija]

Yeah, whenever he got the ball it looked as though he would just break my defense.. and he did.

[Srbija]

Nets record their first defeat
[Nets Boxscore] [Jazz Boxscore]

This match was played against the Utah Jazz.

We should've won against a depleted Jazz team, but we didn't and that's what makes this loss even more suffering.

Nenad Krstic was our top point scorer finishing off with 25 points while on the other side the young man Williams finished off with 29 points.
Vince Carter had 19 points and finished the game off with 8 assists, one more than Jason Kidd who scored 16 points.

Comeback against the Knicks
[Nets Boxscore] [Knicks Boxscore]

This really was an awesome comeback. After being beat in the first two quarters, the Nets really put up a fight in the second half outscoring them in both quarters. After the 3rd had finished the Nets had crawled their way back to make the score 69-71 and in the fourth, the Nets showed what they really had scoring 34 points to the Knicks' 11.
All the players were extatic after the game as they should be after providing the fans from both teams with a match to remember.

Richard Jefferson was named Player of the Game after scoring [24 points], having the most assists [6 assists] and grabbing the most rebounds [8 rebounds].

Injury Report

After the game Jason Collins was declared 100% fit for the next match against Seattle.



Nets Sneak Home
[Nets Boxscore] [Sonics Boxscore]

In what proved to be an exciting encounter against the Sonics, the Nets squeezed through home to record their fifth win of the season.

Jason Kidd won Player of the Game with his 28 points & 9 assists which helped the Nets in the last quarter.
Nenad Krstic had another good performance scoring 21 points, 13 rebounds and 2 blocks.

The Nets are now 5-1 for the season with their next opponent being the Raptors who they should defeat.

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Sorry for the lack of depth in the recaps, but I couldn't be bothered writing up another massive recap. I will play the next game against the Raptors as usual.

[kibaxx7]

Man Krstic is playing great... what a game against Sonics! Good luck against Raps

[Its_asdf]

Carter seems to be sucking lately.... Hopefully that is a sign that the Nets won't kill the Raptors like they did last time around.

[nbalova2]

Good luck with this dynasty man NJN FTW!

[nets4life]

all your starters are playing pretty well, GL next game

[Srbija]

Man Krstic is playing great... what a game against Sonics! Good luck against Raps

Yeah, the big serb is playing very well.

Carter seems to be sucking lately.... Hopefully that is a sign that the Nets won't kill the Raptors like they did last time around.

Hopefully, Carter will play better in the matches to come.

Good luck with this dynasty man NJN FTW!

Thanks dude.

all your starters are playing pretty well, GL next game

Yeah, they seem to be performing very well. Hopefully this continues.

[Srbija]

* click images for boxscores

Nets Cannot Convert

The Raptors were hyped up for this match at home and it showed on the court when Krstic got rejected 3 times in the first quarter by the one and only Chris Bosh!
Vince Carter was forced off after he couldn't continue showing signs of weakness from his previous injury. Barett from the Raptors injured, what looked like, his knee and his got replaced aswell.
The Nets had to lift in the 2nd as they were down by 7 points, 27-20.

It was a good start for the Nets as Morris Peterson went down with a injury to his arm and it gave the rookie Joey Graham a chance to play. We were then informed that Peterson indeed was out for the game which was a good sign for the Nets.
The Nets came back within 1 point after a 9-1 scoring run which Richard Jefferson contributed alot scoring 7 of those 9 points. Although costly turnovers let the Raptors extend their lead once again with Vince Carter's shattering dunks against his old team meaning nothing.
Chris Bosh was an unstoppable force in the paint contributing very well, both on offense and denfense.
The score at the half 46-39

Players of the Half

When the third started, the Nets went back to their starting line-up to see if they could cut back the Raptors lead which extended greatly in the 2nd quarter and it helped with the Nets intercepting and forcing turnovers on a few plays to narrow the score down by 3.
Richard Jefferson was the main standout stealing the ball twice in the third and having a major part in the scoring department. Jason Kidd also played a huge role dishing out numerous assists to his teammates, but it was not enough as the Raptors starting to fire up again thanks to Bosh who jumped like an animal to grab the rebounds aswell slamming it down on the offense.
The Raptors were in front after the third, 67-59.

In the fourth, it all changed as the Nets came back [once again] being behind by one point to the credit of Richard Jefferson and Jason Kidd. Jefferson hit a three to start off the last quarter and Kidd forced the turnover twice, the first time setting up Jefferson for the dunk and the other scoring an easy layup on the break.
This looked as though the Nets were going to make a great comeback.
The Nets took the lead for the first time of the match with none other than former Raptor Vince Carter flying high and dunking it over Barrett and then the very next play he hit a three pointer making the score 71-69.
Vince Carter was finally replaced giving Antoine Wright the chance to shine.
The Nets just kept building on this lead forcing the Raptors to take difficult shots making the score 78-71, but, as usual, the Raptors bounced back and Chris Bosh made a three point play tieing it up 78 a piece.
The Nets starting making stupid shots and the Raptors converted. There was something missing from New Jersey tonight and they didn't play very well as a team.
Raptors win 84-78.

Player of the Game

Photo's

Jefferson slams it over Peterson
Krstic rejects Calderon
Carter doing what he does best
Jason Kidd with the no look pass
Jefferson hits the awekward shot
VC with another spectacular dunk

Injury Report

The injury that Vince Carter sustained a while back, which hasn't given him the oppurtunity to play how he wants, is now 100% healed.

[Srbija]

Sorry for posting again, but just to let you know, I have added the schedule which is on the same post as the News (3rd post) so you know who I will be playing next. I will also be updating it as I play the matches so you know the scores of each match I play.

[Fresh8]

Sucks VC lost to his former team.

[Srbija]

Yeah, they were beating us the whole game until the last quarter where I thought we had them. Obviously, I was wrong.

[Fresh8]

Next time go all out offence!

[Srbija]

For sure!

We are playing against the Cavs next.

[Fresh8]

Cavs stink :p

oh yeh, srbjia... u from brissie?

[Its_asdf]

Well, even though I'm supportive of your dynasty, I have to root for the Raptors although I do admit that the Jefferson slam looks pretty good over Peterson.

@ the Raptors signing Ebi and starting that piece of shit Eric Williams over Graham.

[kibaxx7]

Jefferson played good, but you didn't have much help from the bench man...

[nets4life]

agreed. you should try and do some trades to get a few impact players off the bench

[Srbija]

Cavs stink :p

oh yeh, srbjia... u from brissie?

Nah, I'm from Syd.

Well, even though I'm supportive of your dynasty, I have to root for the Raptors although I do admit that the Jefferson slam looks pretty good over Peterson.

@ the Raptors signing Ebi and starting that piece of shit Eric Williams over Graham.

Yeah, but they still got the win.

Jefferson played good, but you didn't have much help from the bench man...

Yeah I know, the bench was hopeless.

agreed. you should try and do some trades to get a few impact players off the bench

That's what I'm trying to do.

Any ideas on who I should trade ?

[Srbija]

*click images for boxscores

Nets Comeback Not Enough

The Nets suffer their second straight defeat infron of their fans against Cleveland.

LeBron James was the standout player of the game scoring 36 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks in his player of the game performance.

The Nets gave a late surge in the last after being down 85-69 at the start of the fourth and coming oh so close to winning which would've made it one of the best comebacks of the NBA. There were some notable players for the Nets which include, Nenad Krstic who scored 26 points, grabbed 7 rebounds, and picked up 5 blocks. Jason Kidd finished with 17 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds, 3 steals and a block. Vince Carter scored 23 points, picked up 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, but the main standout for the Nets was Richard Jefferson who shot 12-16 from the field and 2-4 beyond the arc. He scored 30 points, grabbed 7 rebounds, 5 assists and steals.
Even after such great performances from some of the players, the Nets couldn't convert.

The team will be looking to make some trades in the coming days mainly because of poor performance both on and off the court.

Photo's from the last quarter
Krstic rejects Snow
Air Jefferson
Can't have a game without VC dunking
Kidd hits the three with LeBron in his face
Krstic slams it down

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I only played the last quarter, so I couldn't do a massive recap.

[Fresh8]

LeBron played pretty well... And unlucky u couldnt win or force OT at least!

Congrats on the 1K man!

[Srbija]

Vince Carter had an oppurtunity to take the lead, but he missed the wide open 3 pointer.

Thanks dude.

[Fresh8]

Yeh, damn Vince lol... shoulda given it to Jefferson! I say you should spice it up a bit... bring back Starbury!

[Anthony15]

sick game by Lebron...any trade rumors so far?

[kibaxx7]

Wow man... let's say only 5 players played for the Nets Tough loss.