Keyon Dooling News

Fans who come to Amway Arena tonight hoping to see New Jersey Nets shooting guard Courtney Lee face his former team will be in for a disappointment.

Instead, none of his fellow starters is around. "It's obviously been a different experience," Lopez said Monday.

Nets guard Keyon Dooling said he was pulling for the Yankees to win the World Series, but not because he is a fan of the team.

The 0-7 Nets know they need to keep the 76ers out of the paint, off the free-throw line and in the half-court. Nets-Sixers: The Rematch is tonight at the Meadowlands .

Nets coach Lawrence Frank conducted practice on Monday with almost as many coaches as players.

Last season, the New Jersey Nets swept the 76ers . They managed that mostly by using the hot hand of all-star point guard Devin Harris , who darted through the lane like a Porsche through traffic, averaging 24.0 points a game.

Rafer Alston scored 20 points in the 86-76 loss to Boston. AP Although there are no moral victories for the New Jersey Nets, the eight-man team pushed the Boston Celtics to the brink tonight.

A terrific Boston team aims to bounce back from its first loss of the season when they face a banged-up, winless New Jersey club at the IZOD Center.

WASHINGTON a ' Devin Harris will leave the Nets today and fly to Chicago to see a specialist for his sore right groin.

Chauncey Billups and Carmelo Anthony woke up the unbeaten Nuggets in a 44-point third quarter and Denver continued its best start since 1985-86 with a 122-94 victory over the winless New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night.

With less talentA and less experience than most teams in the league, the Nets need a lot to go their way in order to have even a decent season.

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.

Devin Harris was examined by one of the Chicago Bulls' team physicians Monday, and the team merely said it was confirmed that the Nets point guard has a strained groin.

Having survived the New Jersey turnpike drive,I walked into the New Jersey Nets locker room on Friday morning and thought I made a wrong turn.

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.

Terrence Williams is one of three wing players the Nets believe are among their best five players, along with point guard Devin Harris and center Brook Lopez.

There's a rich new Russian owner waiting in the wings. The new arena in downtown Brooklyn is getting closer to becoming a reality.

The Nets were down 18 at halftime. But by the time the representatives of proposed owner Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov left their courtside seats after the third quarter, the Nets had stormed back to take a one-point lead over the Knicks.

If Ratner can overcome a few legal hurdles, Prokhorov's deep pockets will be a welcome sight for the organization which reportedly lost nearly $25 million in the first six months of 2009.

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.