Nets rout Nuggets for fourth win in a row
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Şubat 09, 2009 00:00
EAST RUTHERFORD - The New Jersey Nets notched their season-high fourth straight win by crushing the Denver Nuggets 114-70 on Saturday.
Devin Harris scored 14 of his 28 points from the free-throw line, rookie Brook Lopez added 15 points and nine rebounds and Vince Carter had 12 points and eight assists.
New Jersey built a season-high 20-point lead by halftime and extended it to 37 points after third quarters, handing the Nuggets their worst loss of the season.
"It's good for us, good for our egos,'' Harris was quoted as saying on the NBA’s official Web site. "Obviously we feel good about ourselves and now we've got to continue to keep it going."
The Nets handed the Nuggets their worst loss since a 107-63 setback to Portland on April 16, 1997.
One step slow
"Sometimes you're one step slow,'' Nuggets coach George Karl said. "Tonight we were two steps slow. Offensively we were slow. Defensively we were slow. Rebounds, hustle points, all that we were slow on. This is the first time all year we haven't had the energy to fight back.''
The loss snapped a four-game winning streak and was only the 17th of the season for Denver, which was off to its best 50-game start since joining the NBA in 1976.
"I've been in this league a long time and I know you're going to have three to four games like this on both sides,'' Billups said. "It's over. We washed it off in the shower.''
New Jersey built a season-high 20-point lead by halftime and extended it to 37 points after third quarters, handing the Nuggets their worst loss of the season.
"It's good for us, good for our egos,'' Harris was quoted as saying on the NBA’s official Web site. "Obviously we feel good about ourselves and now we've got to continue to keep it going."
The Nets handed the Nuggets their worst loss since a 107-63 setback to Portland on April 16, 1997.
One step slow
"Sometimes you're one step slow,'' Nuggets coach George Karl said. "Tonight we were two steps slow. Offensively we were slow. Defensively we were slow. Rebounds, hustle points, all that we were slow on. This is the first time all year we haven't had the energy to fight back.''
The loss snapped a four-game winning streak and was only the 17th of the season for Denver, which was off to its best 50-game start since joining the NBA in 1976.
"I've been in this league a long time and I know you're going to have three to four games like this on both sides,'' Billups said. "It's over. We washed it off in the shower.''