Nets get ‘Bounced’ by Bobcats
Slide 2½ Back of Toronto Following OT Loss in Charlotte
The Nets haven’t won the Atlantic Division title since 2006, when Lawrence Frank was their head coach, Richard Jefferson was their leading scorer and a then-32-year-old Jason Kidd was in his final full season as New Jersey’s All-Star point guard.
Eight years later, the Nets, now coached by Kidd, are unlikely to end that drought during their second season in Brooklyn, especially after their second straight heartbreaking overtime road loss.
Deron Williams scored 29 points, forcing the extra session with a long-range jumper down the stretch, but Brooklyn got a brutal bounce in overtime, ultimately dropping a 116-111 decision to the Bobcats in front of 15,943 fans at Charlotte’s Time Warner Cable Arena.