A little more than eight minutes into their opener, the Nets were cruising with a 21-5 lead over a team that had just played overtime the night before. They were executing well on offense and forcing tough shots on the other end. Things fell apart after that. By halftime, the lead was two and by the end of the third quarter, the Bucks were up eight. The Nets lost all rhythm offensively, and could not stop Michael Redd or Maurice Williams. Redd finished with 41 points and Williams added 23 off the bench for Milwaukee. Vince Carter led the Nets with 25 points and Richard Jefferson added 18 before being ejected in the fourth quarter for an altercation with T.J. Ford and Williams.
- Boxscore - NBA.com
- Redd, Bucks spoil Nets' season opener - NBA.com (Ticker)
- Game Highlights - NBA.com
- Milwaukee 110, New Jersey 96 - David Porter - AP
- Nets stumble out of the gate - Dave D'Alessandro - Star-Ledger
- Nets notebook: Kidd puts out plea for effort on 'D' - Dave D'Alessandro - Star-Ledger
- Game 1 Photo Gallery - Star-Ledger
- Nets' Frontcourt Fails to Push Back - John Eligon - New York Times
- Nets begin with a flurry, end with a dud - Jon Lane - YES Network
- Lawrence Frank Press Conference (Video) - YES Network
- Vince Carter Press Conference (Video) - YES Network
- Jason Kidd Press Conference (Video) - YES Network
- Richard Jefferson Interview (Video) - YES Network
- Redd Faced - Joe - JoeNetsfan
- Nets Open with a Thud vs. Bucks - Fred Kerber - New York Post
- Victims of Redd-Hot Shooting - Fred Kerber - New York Post
- This is Still Kidd's Team - Jay Greenberg - New York Post
- RJ Tossed After Melee With TJ - Dan Martin - New York Post
- Big Three Start Small for Nets - Julian Garcia - New York Daily News
- It's the Year of Brown & Jax & Frank, too - Filip Bondy - New York Daily News
- Jefferson's elbow earns him the boot - Ohm Youngmisuk - New York Daily News
- Sizzle, then fizzle N.J. blows a 16-point lead after seeing Redd, who had game-high 41 - Barbara Barker - New York Newsday
- Bogut doesn't (HEART) NY - Barbara Barker - New York Newsday
- Nets See Redd - Bob Considine - Asbury Park Press
- He's Redd hot - Tom Enlund - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
- Opening Blight - Al Iannazzone - The Record
- RJ gets tossed - Steve Popper - The Record
- Nets Notes - Al Iannazzone - The Record
- Bogut learning NBA is whole, new game - Eli Gelman - Newark Star-Ledger
- Photo Gallery: Nets vs. Bucks - Bill Kostroun - AP