Chris Douglas-Roberts News

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.

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Douglas-Roberts already had been sidelined with flu-like symptoms. Nets president Rod Thorn confirmed on Saturday that Douglas-Roberts tested positive for the H1N1 virus.

This time, they hung in for all four quarters, played with their hearts and heads from tap to buzzer, got rock-solid performances from virtually every guy the coach trotted out there, and.

Nets guard Chris Douglas-Roberts could be sidelined with flu-like symptoms, leaving the team with only nine healthy players.

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.

Carmelo Anthony and the high-flying Denver Nuggets will resume their six-game road trip tonight against the winless New Jersey Nets from the IZOD Center.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. A familiar face, some familiar moves and one familiar sight returned to the Izod Center on Friday for the Nets home opener.

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.

Damien Wilkins #3 of the Minnesota Timberwolves scores the game-winning shot at the buzzer over Terrence Williams #8 of the New Jersey Nets at the Target Center on October 28, 2009 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Brutal loss? Check. Absolutely, no doubt. This 95-93 defeat to the T-Wolves was a bad loss on many fronts, and one which brings right back to the surface - in Game 1 - repressive thoughts of so many of these kinds of brutal losses over the years.

Gilbert Arenas finished with 32 points and seven assists, as the Washington Wizards crushed the New Jersey Nets, 123-104, in their home opener.

Gilbert Arenas scores 32 points in the Washington Wizards' rout of the New Jersey Nets at the Verizon Center.

MINNEAPOLIS Terrence Williams sat back in a chair in front of his locker about eight hours before he would play his first NBA game.

Minnesota Timberwolves' Corey Brewer, right, stands his ground against the driving New Jersey Nets' Chris Douglas-Roberts in the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Oct.

But the Nets don't see it that way. They look at their NBA season opener here tonight against the Timberwolves as the start of an opportunity to prove themselves.

Lawrence Frank returns as head coach of the New Jersey Nets after failing to make the playoffs for the second straight season.

Nets center Brook Lopez blocks the shot of the Knicks guard Nate Robinson in Wednesday's preseason game, won by the Knicks, 94-92 in the Prudential Center.

Brooklyn. East Rutherford. Newark. Nets players said they really don't care where they play their games.