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Results for tag: Sundiata Gaines
Posted by:
Al Iannazzone
on Mar 14, 2011 at 11:52:22 PM
NEWARK, N.J. – Deron Williams made a triumphant return to the Nets Monday night and showed once again what they’ve been missing since Jason Kidd left the team. The Nets have a superstar, a closer with a will to win that’s impressive, and his teammates have no other choice but to follow him. They did it in what was easily the Nets’ best win in a few years as they leveled the East’s top team, the Boston Celtics, 88-79, before the second consecutive sellout at The Rock. It wasn’t just Williams, just like it wasn’t just Kidd back then. But their presence lifts everyone around them. This was the Nets’ fifth straight win -- their most since the 2007-08 season -- when Kidd was still steering the ship. It says a lot that the Nets won two of the ...
Posted by:
Al Iannazzone
on Mar 9, 2011 at 11:59:31 PM
Brook Lopez didn’t remember the last time the Nets won three straight games, which isn’t surprising. Most players don’t recall numbers like that. But if anyone should have remembered it was Lopez. He’s the only player left from the franchise’s last three-game winning streak, which came during his rookie season in late January/early February 2009. The Nets matched that elusive feat last night with a Lopez-led 94-90 victory over the Golden State Warriors at The Rock that was impressive for many reasons. * They did it without their new All-Star point guard Deron Williams. He was back in Dallas to be with his wife Amy, who gave birth to their fourth child, Desmond, yesterday. * Lopez was dominant, scoring 26 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. He scored the last ... |
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