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Marreese Speights converted a go-ahead three-point play with 1:10 to play and the Philadelphia 76ers beat New Jersey 82-79 on Wednesday night, extending the Nets' franchise worst start to 0-8. Thaddeus Young had 20 points to lead the 76ers, and Speights finished with 19 points and nine rebounds as Philadelphia snapped a two-game losing streak.

New Jersey Nets players Josh Boone and Sean Williams, along with Nets mascot Sly and National Grid representatives, will join with 75 students of P.S. 375 Jackie Robinson School and M.S. 352 Ebbets Field School to unveil a newly refurbished outdoor basketball court shared by both schools at 46 McKeever Place in Brooklyn today at 3:30 p.m. Presented ...

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

Toronto Raptors' guard Jose Calderon drives on Dallas Mavericks' guard Jason Kidd during the first half of their NBA basketball game in Dallas, Texas, yesterday.

There are matters in life that defy belief. Like the Nets losing another player to injury last night.

HAD THE 76ers been able to play their second unit against the New Jersey Nets ' second-teamers last night at the Wachovia Center, it wouldn't have been a contest.

Courtney Lee suffered a strained groin in Friday's loss to the 76ers. He said it's not that bad and he proclaimed himself day-to-day. Just in case you don't pick up a late edition of the newspaper, here was Courtney's take on his left groin strain: "It's not bad at all.

Emerging from the trainer's room, this was the stiffest Yi Jianlian had looked all season, sweat-suit clad and treading gingerly on his right side.

New Jersey Nets' Sean Williams and Denver Nuggets' Chris Andersen grab at a loose ball during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov.

Gerald Wallace had 24 points and a career-high 20 rebounds and the Charlotte Bobcats held the New Jersey Nets without a point for more than 10 minutes in rallying for a 79-68 victory on Monday.

Yi Jianlian suffered a leg injury and is helped off by teammates Sean Williams and Josh Boone.

Kevin Garnett slipped on the fabled parquet of Boston's home court on Wednesday, putting a far bigger scare into the Celtics than Larry Brown's Charlotte Bobcats did.

Terrence Williams laughs at the notion he was born too late. Two decades or so sooner and he could have been muscling on the blocks with Karl Malone or Charles Barkley or other legendary power forwards.

So how do you say "never mind, I'll buy a Roller Derby team" in Russian? For over three quarters last night, life was good for the Nets, who looked like a sound investment for any Russian billionaire.

We are double-dipping today on the previews with reader Grey Home's look at the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference Playoffs as a whole.

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.

Out of the 10 experts ESPN is using for their playoff predictions, all but one is predicting the Nets to be the worst team in the Atlantic.

The New Jersey Nets are between cities, between owners, and clearly in rebuilding mode.

The Nets' Eduardo Najera battles the Knicks' Wilson Chandler and Danilo Gallinari in Thursday's 94-92 Knicks preseason victory.

The power forward position is destined to burn a hole in the stomach of the head coach before the year is out, but it's not something he's quite ready to admit.