After jumping out to a hot start and a 19-5 lead, the Nets went cold and stayed that way, shooting just 31% from the field and falling to the Timberwolves by 11 Tuesday night. Vince Carter led all scorers with 32 points, and Ron Mercer added 18 on 9 of 14 shooting, but the rest of the team shot 6 for 44 from the field. Jason Kidd finished just one rebound away from another triple-double.
- Boxscore - NBA
- Wolves’ Win is McHale’s First - NBA
- Timberwolves 82, Nets 71 - Dave Campbell - AP
- Carter and Kidd, and Not Much Else - Pat Borzi - New York Times
- Dim Bulbs - Joe - JoeNetsfan
- Nets: Painfully off target as Carter hobbles at end - Dave D'Alessandro - Star-Ledger
- Nets notes: Wolves' McHale going back to basics - Dave D'Alessandro - Star-Ledger
- Drought dooms Nets - Al Iannazzone - Bergen Record
- T-Wolves too much for Nets - Ohm Youngmisuk - New York Daily News
- Timber!!! - Fred Kerber - New York Post
- McHale gets win, support - Brian Hamilton - St. Paul Pioneer Press
- Timberwolves 82, New Jersey 71 - Steve Aschburner - Minneapolis Star Tribune