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The Miami Heat hope to bounce back from a loss to one of the NBA's heavyweights when they host the hapless New Jersey Nets Saturday.

Another night, another loss, another harsh lesson. This one was reserved mostly for Brook Lopez, who was one of the few things the Nets had to crow about this month.

Russian tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov knew the New Jersey Nets were rebuilding when he agreed to spend $200 million to buy the NBA franchise and help move it to Brooklyn.

DISGRACE: Knicks, Nets Now A Combined 1-16 Share + Nov 11, 2009 11:45 pm US/Eastern DISGRACE: Knicks, Nets Now A Combined 1-16 NEW YORK The New York Knicks tried playing from ahead for a change.

Thaddeus Young scored 20 points and came up with the game-sealing steal in the waning seconds, as the Philadelphia 76ers escaped IZOD Center with an 82-79 triumph over the still winless Nets.

The 0-7 Nets know they need to keep the 76ers out of the paint, off the free-throw line and in the half-court. Nets-Sixers: The Rematch is tonight at the Meadowlands .

Devin Harris, right, is fouled by the Timberwolves' Al Jefferson during a game last month, before he re-strained a groin muscle.

Rafer Alston scored 20 points in the 86-76 loss to Boston. AP Although there are no moral victories for the New Jersey Nets, the eight-man team pushed the Boston Celtics to the brink tonight.

The Nets' Rafer Alston falls over the Celtics' Paul Pierce while chasing down a loose ball during the Nets' 86-76 loss Saturday.

New Jersey Nets' Bobby Simmons, right, is fouled by Boston Celtics' J. R. Giddens during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Nov.

That's the first question that came to mind when Elton Brand , whom the Sixers signed to a 5-year, $80 million contract in the summer of 2008, sat out the final 17:23 of the Sixers' 97-94 win over the New Jersey Nets on Friday.

Nets' second-year forward Chris Douglas-Roberts has tested positive for the H1N1 virus.

This time, they hung in for all four quarters, played with their hearts and heads from tap to buzzer, got rock-solid performances from virtually every guy the coach trotted out there, and.

Sherron Collins scored 19 points and Cole Aldrich had 13 points and 13 rebounds, leading No.

Damien Wilkins hit a leaning bank shot as time expired, and the Minnesota Timberwolves responded from a 16-point fourth quarter deficit to stun the New Jersey Nets, 95-93, in the season opener for both clubs.

New Jersey Nets forward Jarvis Hayes left the season opener on Wednesday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves with an injured left hamstring.

At 21, Brook Lopez brings down the Nets' average age significantly. We asked our best pal, Patrick Rees of the Nets Media Mollycoddling Dept., to ring up Elias and do some math.

It sounds like Devin Harris is warming to the idea of Nellieball. You may recall that he didn't sound very keen on it last week, when he wondered who would play the four.

The New Jersey Nets had never gone winless in a preseason, and they ensured that streak would not end in 2009.

The Nets were down 18 at halftime. But by the time the representatives of proposed owner Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov left their courtside seats after the third quarter, the Nets had stormed back to take a one-point lead over the Knicks.