Jason Kidd is still limited to 20 minutes per game. Alonzo Mourning will likely stay home for the 3 game road trip. Travis Best is questionable for Friday with an injured groin. Richard Jefferson will play through a sprained left wrist. Ron Mercer and Zoran Planinic are both out at least another month. Seventeen of the next 23 games are on the road.
- Defense alone can't make up for their point shortage - Rich Chere - Star-Ledger
- Nets set for road despite aches, sprains - Geoff Mosher - Asbury Park Press
- Kidd's time limits vex Nets - Tom Gulitti - Bergen Record
- Kidd's time limits Nets - Julian Garcia - New York Daily News
- Kidd's Pining to Play More - Dan Martin - New York Post