New Jersey Nets 95, Washington Wizards 85
Recapping the Wizards' opening-day loss to the Nets.
| Final - 10.29.2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Nets | 23 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 95 |
| Washington Wizards | 23 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 85 |
Stories
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GameThreads
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 23 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 95 |
| Washington | 23 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 85 |
| New Jersey | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yi Jianlian | 31 | 7-11 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4-0 | 17 |
| Bobby Simmons | 18 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 5 |
| Josh Boone | 22 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Vince Carter | 34 | 9-17 | 0-3 | 3-3 | 3-1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2-0 | 21 |
| Devin Harris | 31 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 5-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 13 |
| Jarvis Hayes | 31 | 6-9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 14 |
| Ryan Anderson | 14 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 5 |
| Brook Lopez | 25 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 8-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3-0 | 8 |
| Keyon Dooling | 16 | 2-9 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Chris Douglas Roberts | 13 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Stromile Swift | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Eduardo Najera | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Trenton Hassell | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Maurice Ager | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Sean Williams | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 37-78 | 6-19 | 15-18 | 37-5 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 23-0 | 95 | |
| .474 | .316 | .833 | Team Reb: 11 | Total TO: 3 (20 pts) | |||||||
| Washington | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caron Butler | 40 | 3-11 | 0-1 | 7-10 | 11-3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5-0 | 13 |
| Antawn Jamison | 37 | 6-18 | 1-8 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 14 |
| Etan Thomas | 18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 8-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 10 |
| DeShawn Stevenson | 33 | 5-13 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 14 |
| Antonio Daniels | 28 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 6-8 | 3-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Andray Blatche | 25 | 6-13 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3-0 | 13 |
| Juan Dixon | 8 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Nick Young | 17 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Dominic McGuire | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Darius Songaila | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| JaVale McGee | 8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Dee Brown | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Brendan Haywood | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Gilbert Arenas | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Oleksiy Pecherov | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 30-81 | 5-21 | 20-30 | 41-13 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 19-0 | 85 | |
| .370 | .238 | .667 | Team Reb: 16 | Total TO: 0 (18 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Dan Crawford, Curtis Blair, Derrick Stafford
Duration:2:19
Officials: - Dan Crawford, Curtis Blair, Derrick Stafford
Duration:2:19
