Down two points with 4:39 left, the Nets committed four turnovers and shot 3-12 the rest of the way as they sorely missed the leadership of Jason Kidd and fell to the Celtics by four. Down three, Rodney Rogers committed a bad foul on Walter McCarty with 32 seconds left, allowing the Celtics to build a two-possession lead. Given a second life, the Nets committed a killer turnover, as Lucious Harris had the ball taken away with five seconds remaining. Richard Jefferson led all scorers with 24 points. The Nets have now lost their last four games in their own division, after starting 14-2 against the Atlantic.
- NetsDaily Game Wrap
- Boxscore - NBA.com
- Recap - NBA.com
- Discuss It! - BasketballBoards.net
- Fourth-Quarter Lull Puts Nets in Hole Against Celtics - Steve Popper - New York Times
- Celtics 84, Nets 80 - AP
- No Deposit, No Return - JoeNetsfan
- It's a joke how inept they look in latest loss - Brad Parks - Star-Ledger
- Without Kidd, K-Mart, Nets bow to Celtics, 84-80 - Bob Considine - Asbury Park Press
- Ailing Nets stumble again - Ohm Youngmisuk - New York Daily News
- The Beat Goes On - Fred Kerber - New York Post
- Nets' carelessness leads to frustrating loss - Jon Lane - YES Network
- Celts slip through Nets - Mark Murphy - Boston Herald
- It's back to old grind for Celtics - Dan Hickling - Providence Journal
- Celtics trim frayed Nets - Peter May - Boston Globe
- Nets' slide grows - Steve Adamek - Bergen Record
- Ugly, but C's take it - Jim Fenton - Enterprise