preseason Stories - Fear The Sword
Kidd Returns and the Nets Cruise Past Knicks to Finish Preseason
Before Friday night's game, Jason Kidd called this year's Nets "the most talented team that I've been on", then started proving it in his 2007-08 debut at Madison Square Garden. Indeed, the Nets controlled the game from start to finish, finishing their...
Nets Fall to Sixers As Krstic Held Out
Earlier in the day, the Nets said that Nenad Krstic would play back-to-back games to finish the preseason, but instead, he was held out of Thursday's game (just as a precaution) against the Sixers at IZOD Center and the Nets suffered their second exhibition...
Nets Handle Shorthanded Celtics
The Nets used balanced scoring and solid defense to beat the Celtics, who were without Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, at IZOD Center Tuesday night. Five Nets finished in double figures, led by Boki Nachbar with 15. Antoine Wright hit six of his eight...
Rained Out!
It'll be a while before the NBA schedules another preseason game at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass. After a half in which mop-wielding ballboys got as much action as the players, the game between the Nets and Celtics was called on account of poor playing...
Krstic Makes Impressive Return as Nets Handle Knicks
Nenad Krstic shot 5-for-5 from the field, including a three-pointer, scoring 11 points in 16 minutes, his first game action since last December, and the Nets beat the Knicks by 16 points at the IZOD Center Thursday night. Richard Jefferson led the Nets with 25...
Ugly Third Quarter Dooms Nets in Charlotte
The Nets went into the halftime break with a 14-point lead and having given up just 32 points Monday night in Charlotte, but the Bobcats outscored New Jersey 39-15 in the third period and cruised to a 10-point victory. Sean Williams scored four points, grabbed...
Nachbar Leads Nets to OT Victory
Boki Nachbar scored 35 points, including the game-winning free throws with 8.8 seconds to go to lead the Nets to a one-point, overtime victory in Philadelphia Friday night, opening the preseason. The Nets led by as many as 20 points midway through the third...
Pistons Recharged: 9 Days to the Pre-Season
Fox Sports Detroit recently aired a preview to the 2009-10 NBA season with a look at the new Pistons organization. From free agent signings to a new coaching staff, Zaret, Blaha and Kelser take a look at what these changes mean to the Pistons for the season ahead. If you're like me, this little...
Six lessons from the Wizards' preseason
Real quick, because the season starts tomorrow and there's so much season preview goodness to get to: 1. Mike Miller needs to be put in a position to succeed: I can't even begin to imagine the type of wear and tear that an athlete gets from carrying some pretty awful teams through some pretty...
Prediction time!
So, now that we've seen preseason and all that, what do you think the Wizards record is going to be this year? Post your prediction in this thread. I say 47-35, Kyle is way more optimistic and says 55-27. What say you? (And in case you're worried about giving a prediction out of fear of being...
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