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Greg Oden is playing some of the best basketball of his career, and the Portland Trail Blazers have benefited with a pair of easy wins.

When you are 0-13, the last thing you need is a west coast road trip but that's exactly the mountain Lawrence Frank's hapless New Jersey Nets find in front of them.

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Chris Douglas-Roberts and Devin Harris react to an 0-13 start. AP Not even Devin Harris could save the Nets on Saturday.

The New York Knicks make the short trip across the Hudson River hoping to keep Atlantic Division-rival New Jersey winless on the season.

Devin Harris says he'll 'play in spurts' against the Knicks. In other years, they'd be talking about how the return of their All-Star point guard would be like a turbo boost, how the high-octane transition game would return in full vigor, and how they'd expect to hit the ground running and never look back.

Brook Lopez took 27 shots against the Indiana Pacers Tuesday night, which isn't out of the ordinary when you consider that three other starters shot 36, 33, and 42 percent while a fourth was still trying to get his legs back from the swine flu.

Photos from the Nets 81-80 loss to the Heat in Miami. 1.jpg drives to the basket as Miami Heats' Quentin Richardson defends during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game in Miami, Saturday, Nov.

This time they wasted their rookie's greatest moment, another career-high from Chris Douglas-Roberts, their best run in weeks, and a double-digit lead.

Danny Granger scored 22 points, Roy Hibbert tied a career high with 19 and the Indiana Pacers dropped the New Jersey Nets to 0-11 with a 91-83 victory Tuesday night.

The Nets' Sean Williams battles the Nuggets' Chris Andersen for a loose ball during a game earlier this month.

The Orlando Magic are looking to get healthy in the win column with a match-up versus the winless New Jersey Nets tonight, although it continues to lose players.

It doesn't take Superman to beat the Nets these days. After all, everybody's doing it.

BY DAVE D'ALESSANDRO STAR-LEDGER STAFF ORLANDO - Chris Douglas-Roberts probably had no business being on the court last night, and the fact that he did not collapse from exhaustion should be considered a minor victory.

Vince Carter has a new nickname for Brook Lopez. "The Four Man," the former Nets meal ticket called him Friday night.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Rajon Rondo and Paul Pierce each scored 16 points, and the Boston Celtics bounced back from their first loss of the season to beat the winless New Jersey Nets, 86-76, on Saturday night The Celtics lost, 110-103, to Phoenix on Friday night, allowing 20 more points than in any previous game.

A terrific Boston team aims to bounce back from its first loss of the season when they face a banged-up, winless New Jersey club at the IZOD Center.

Dirk Nowitzki had 29 points and nine rebounds, and Josh Howard scored 16 in his season debut in the Dallas Mavericks' 129-101 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Saturday.

The Sixers played the only winless team left in the NBA, and the Nets were without three of their starters.

The Nets were not exactly an offensive juggernaut as they arrived here Friday, averaging a mere 88.8 points per game, which is the fourth-lowest figure in the league.