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• Knicks 99, Nets 92 February 5, 2012
  Jeremy Lin scored a career-high 25 points and the New York Knicks salvaged the finale of a back-to-back-to-back set by beating the New Jersey Nets 99-92 on Saturday night. Lin came off the bench to control a struggling offense, adding seven assists while outplaying Nets All-Star point guard Deron Williams. Amare Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler each added 17 points for the Knicks, who won for just the third time in 14 games. They fell just short in losses to Chicago and Boston over the last two nights before picking up a much-needed victory Saturday. Williams had 21 points and 11 assists for the Nets, while Kris Humphries added 20 points and 12 rebounds. Lin, who played at Harvard, was the catalyst for the Knicks, who have been desperate for production at point guard while they wait for Baron Davis to finally become available. Lin was a hit with the fans practically from the moment he checked in, and some of the loudest cheers of this disappointing season roared through Madison Square Garden when his three-point play made it 95-86 with 2:03 remaining. He scored on the next possession to make it an 11-point game, and teammates hugged him at center court after the buzzer as Pearl Jam's ''Jeremy'' blasted through the arena. Carmelo Anthony had just 11 points on 3 of 15 shooting, perhaps tired on the third straight night of games. The losing has created speculation that Mike D'Antoni's job could be in jeopardy, especially if the Knicks had dropped this one and fallen behind the Nets in the Atlantic Division standings. But he said before the game there was no reason to panic and that he still believed in his players. He had noted how much they struggled to score beyond Anthony and Stoudemire, needing someone else to step up. He found that someone in Lin, the first American-born NBA player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent. The second-year pro has hardly been a factor and even was sent to the NBA Development League recently, where he had a triple-double. But D'Antoni gave him a chance last Saturday while searching for a spark at the end of a road trip, but it's hard to imagine he saw this coming. Lin drove along the baseline and fed Stoudemire for the tiebreaking basket, then scored on his own drive for an 86-82 lead with 4:59 left. Stoudemire scored again, and after a jumper by Williams, Chandler converted a three-point play for a 91-84 lead and Lin put it away from there as ''Jeremy! Jeremy!'' chants broke out. Anthony Morrow had only 11 points on 4 of 12 shooting for the Nets, one night after scoring a career-best 42 points and making an NBA season-high eight 3-pointers. The Nets raced to a 17-7 lead and were ahead 30-20 after one quarter behind 10 points from Williams. But with Lin playing the entire second quarter in rare first-half playing time, the Knicks seemed to get a spark on both ends of the floor. Lin had team highs of six points and three assists in the second quarter, including a lob to Chandler that allowed the Knicks to tie it at 46 with 1:32 remaining. New Jersey took a two-point lead into the half after a basket by Jordan Williams. Notes: Humphries was booed loudly on a few occasions, as he was when the Nets played here in the preseason and in a number of other arenas after his brief marriage to reality star Kim Kardashian. ... Nets starters Shawne Williams and Shelden Williams both finished last season with the Knicks. ... The teams play only three times this season, once more at Madison Square Garden and once in Newark.
• AmMo gets his game on! February 4, 2012
  To say I’m confused would be an understatement. I circled the Nets-Wolves game on my hypothetical calendar before the season as the home game I had to see. Obviously I root for the Nets, but I’ve been enamored by Ricky Rubio since he burst onto the scene at the 2008 Olympics. He sees the game like no other player in the league. His passes just seem a step ahead of the defense, throwing alley oops and behind the back passes like he has a dozen eyes instead of two. To see him paired with Kevin Love, the best inside-outside big man in the NBA, was a basketball fan’s dream. I wanted to see how Deron Williams and the Nets would react to the young, entertaining team that has been assembled in the Twin Cities. But it wasn’t the point guards that the Prudential Center found themselves fixated towards. Ricky Rubio played very well, scoring ten points and having the same number of assists, to go along with six steals. D-Will did not have his best game, with only twelve points and six turnov...
• Howard leaning toward Nets? February 4, 2012
  Dwight Howard is likely to become a free agent after the season but he may be traded first. He reportedly is trying to play for the Nets.
• Timberwolves beat Nets for 6th road win February 4, 2012
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Luke Ridnour made the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1:23 left, Nikola Pekovic scored a career-high 27 points, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the New Jersey Nets 108-105 on Friday night. The Timberwolves overcame a career-high 42 points from Anthony Morrow, whose eight 3-pointers in 11 attempts were the most in the NBA this season. Kevin Love added 20 points and 10 rebounds for Minnesota, which surpassed its road victory total from last season by improving to 6-4. The Wolves, just 5-36 on the road last season, have won three in a row away from home. Rookie Ricky Rubio finished with 10 points and 10 assists for the Wolves in his point guard matchup with Deron Williams. Williams had 12 points and 14 assists, but shot just 5 of 18 and had two costly turnovers in the final minute. Rubio came up with a steal with about 1 12 minutes left, leading to Ridnour's 3-pointer that made it 102-99. The Wolves got the ball back after replays showed a ball went off Williams out of bounds, and Ridnour made two free throws for a five-point lead. But Morrow, who missed the last game with a sprained left ankle, converted a four-point play to make it 104-103 with 22 seconds left. Jose Barea and Ridnour each made a pair from the line around Kris Humphries' dunk to keep the lead at three, and the Nets lost their final chance when Williams fumbled the ball trying to throw a pass, with Rubio eventually coming up with it and lofting it downcourt as time ran out. Humphries had 16 points and nine rebounds. Pekovic, in his second year from Montenegro, made 11 of 14 shots. He replaced an ineffective Darko Milicic to start the second half and dominated inside while also grabbing 11 rebounds. His two free throws erased the Nets' last lead and tied it a 99 with 1:55 left. The Wolves led 23-19 after one, then used a 13-1 run early in the second to open a 36-22 lead on Michael Beasley's follow with 8:15 remaining in the half. Morrow then hit a 3-pointer and suddenly the Nets were rolling, tearing off a 23-5 spurt that gave them a 45-41 edge. Morrow hit his fourth 3 of the period with 1:33 to go, and the Nets led 50-49 at the break. The Wolves trailed by one early in the third before Wes Johnson slammed down Rubio's lob pass, then hit a 3-pointer for a 63-59 lead. Love hit two free throws, Rubio made a nifty move that had the crowd gasping to set up Johnson for a three-point play, and Pekovic hit two free throws to cap a 12-0 burst and make it 70-59 with 5:17 left in the period. The Nets cut it to 80-75 after three. NOTES: Morrow's previous career best of 37 came on Nov. 15, 2008, for Golden State, when he set an NBA record for most points scored by an undrafted rookie. ... The Nets won't play in Brooklyn until next season, but they'll be in New York on Monday. The Nets will wear their jerseys from the New York Nets of the ABA for the first of five games as part of the NBA's Hardwood Classic nights. They played on Long Island from 1968-77, winning two titles. ... Morrow was wincing as he came down the floor after rebounding the miss of Minnesota's first shot, but didn't appear bothered again by the ankle injury. ... Milicic had missed three games with an illness before returning Wednesday against Indiana.
• Nets Announcers Amused By Old Guy Dancing In Front Row (Video) February 3, 2012
  A couple days back, the New Jersey Nets hosted the Detroit Pistons and it appears from the video evidence that no one cared enough to show up.Nets television broadcasters Ian Eagle and Mike Fratello were answering a Twitter question when a fan sitting in the front row decided to bust-a-move: (Courtesy of Guyism)

• An Up-and-Down Night for Deron Williams February 5, 2012
  Deron Williams, the Nets’ point guard, scored 21 points and had 11 assists in a losing effort for his injury-riddled team.
• Lin Sparks Knicks, to Crowd’s Delight and D’Antoni’s Relief February 4, 2012
  Jeremy Lin had a team-high 25 points, nearly doubling his previous career high of 13, and finished with 7 assists and 5 rebounds, in the Knicks’ victory against the Nets.
• Lin's Career Night Leads Knicks Over Nets, 99-92 February 4, 2012
  Jeremy Lin scored a career-high 25 points and the New York Knicks salvaged the finale of a back-to-back-to-back set by beating the New Jersey Nets 99-92 on Saturday night.
• Deron Williams Leads Nets Over Pistons With 26 Points February 1, 2012
  Deron Williams scored 26 points to help the Nets beat the Detroit Pistons, 99-96, on Wednesday night in Newark.
• Pacers Down the Nets January 31, 2012
  Deron Williams scored 34 points for the Nets, who have lost two straight over all and nine in a row against the Pacers.