1 Step Closer To Playoffs

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<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The opponents, the lottery-bound Hawks, had almost as much talent in the infirmary as they had on the floor. And yet the Nets early last night were trying their best to make the Hawks look like the Bulls of the '90s.

So while the Nets were busy compiling a streak of 7:02 in which they missed eight straight shots, gave the ball away four times and fell behind by five, the Meadowlands fans did what fans do: They booed, they cussed, they prepared to remove the Nets' innards with a rusty spoon.

Something clicked. The Nets displayed the urgency necessitated by circumstance and schedule. A 20-2 run flattened the already paper-thin Hawks, transforming boos to cheers. It was the Nets' season in miniature: Love-hate, good-bad, solid basketball-take them out and shoot them basketball.

At the end of the night, good outweighed bad. Good like a magnificent 26-point, torrid shooting game from Boki Nachbar; like 18 assists from the Jason Kidd-Vince Carter backcourt; like a 101-86 victory that pushed the Nets 11/2 games into seventh place, leaving them a magic number of five with eight games left to clinch a playoff spot. </div>

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[NJNetz]

Well I'm glad we actually took advantage this time. Hawks aren't a threat at all when they don't have Joe Johnson, but I'm glad we took care of business.