It was a tale of two Zoran's Tuesday night at the Meadowlands. The first one struggled, making a couple of bad decisions and not being aggressive with the ball. The second one came out after halftime and took the ball strong to the basket, scoring 13 of his 14 points after the break including the game winning basket with 5 seconds left in the game. Marc Jackson (11 points), Lamond Murray (13 points on 6 of 8 shooting) and Scott Padgett (5 rebounds and 6 assists) each had strong performances off the bench as well.
- Boxscore - NBA
- Planinic, Nets Prevail in Preseason Opener - NBA
- New Jersey 105, Indiana 103 - AP
- Preseason Game 1 Observations - NetsDaily Blog
- Artest Returns but Says He Won't Back Down - John Eligon - New York Times
- Brash Artest to play like 'animal' - Dave D'Allesandro - Newark Star-Ledger
- Artest Ready to Rumble - Fred Kerber - New York Post
- Reserves power Nets to win over Pacers - Bob Considine - Asbury Park Press
- Artest still feeling punchy - Ohm Youngmisuk - New York Daily News
- Hunter leads Pacers - Mike Wells - Indianapolis Star
- Artest shaky in return - Mike Wells - Indianapolis Star
- Nets Notes - Al Iannazone - Bergen Record
- Photo Gallery: Hot Shots - NBA.com
- Planinic's Contract Month - NetsDaily Blog
- Game 1, Reprise - Dave D'Alessandro - NJ.com