Greg Monroe & the Pistons were just too big for the Nets, winning 111-95. (AP)
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Against the Brooklyn Nets Friday night, Josh Smith did something pretty amazing. With Smith loose on a fast-break, Mirza Teletovic didn't get back in time to defend him, and half-heartedly threw his hand out to contest from a few feet behind.
Unfortunately for Smith, Teletovic's hand hit him square in the face as he was rising up. Unfortunately for Teletovic, Smith was able to slam it home through the contact.
Smith immediately reacted after coming down from the dunk, and Teletovic went over to make sure he was okay. Teletovic was assessed a flagrant-1 foul for hitting Smith above the neck.
I don't know about you, but I think that's an incredible play. Smith got hit in the face, couldn't see, and still put the dunk down. That's a dunk-contest level dunk. Just ask Cedric Ceballos.
The Nets took down the Spurs behind Alan Anderson's offensive outburst. (AP)
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"You only have two teams in the East." (AP)
Former NBA MVP and current NBA analyst Charles Barkley spoke on the Nets twice Thursday, first with Mike & Mike in the Morning about the Eastern Conference, and second on a TNT conference call.
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The Nets may welcome back Andray Blatche (center), Joe Johnson, and Andrei Kirilenko Thursday. (AP)
The Nets may have something close to a full roster -- without Brook Lopez, of course -- when they face the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday.
Guard Joe Johnson, forward Andrei Kirilenko, and center Andray Blatche all did physical work with the team in today's practice, getting through without any injuries, according to reports from team practice.
Kirilenko had missed three straight games after reporting to the team with a sore left calf on Wednesday. He told The Brooklyn Game last week that the calf injury had no connection whatsoever to the back spasms he'd felt earlier in the year, and that his back felt "perfect."
Blatche bruised his hip in the first half of the team's 120-95 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder Friday, attempting to return to the game to no avail. He traveled with the team to Indiana Saturday in the hopes of playing, but sat out both Saturday and Monday to rest the hip. Blatche also sat out four games earlier this week after getting sent home for "personal reasons."
Johnson sat out to rest with left knee tendinitis in the team's 108-102 victory over the 76ers, the second game he's missed all year. According to coach Jason Kidd, Johnson had dealt with tendinitis for a couple of weeks, but is "one not to complain" and tried to play through the pain.
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Deron Williams & the Nets held off the 76ers in regulation. (AP)
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The Nets signed Shaun Livingston to a veteran's minimum contract in July as Deron Williams's backup, but with the team hit by the injury bug, he's earned a starting spot.
The 6'7" point guard made another mark on his career season Monday night, racking up 13 points, eight assists, six rebounds, and a career-high seven steals, the last one the biggest. With ten seconds left and the Nets up four, Livingston picked off a pass from Michael Carter-Williams, sealing the victory for Brooklyn.
After the game, Livingston stressed the importance of forcing turnovers, knowing that the team has struggled with rebounding the ball in the last few games.
"(It's about) being assertive, being aggressive defensively," Livingston noted. "We switch a lot, and we're smaller. The last couple of games, we struggled with rebounding, so again, we have to be active with our switches, and we have to be active one-on-one defensively, containing our man."
As a team, the Nets picked up 15 steals on the night, matching their season-high and making them the first team in the NBA this season to record 13 or more steals in three straight games.
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Andray Blatche was listed as questionable with a bruised right hip, and is still a game-time decision. He was warming up on the court before Kidd spoke to the media, normally a good sign.
