The Nets returned from their four-day layoff looking like they meant what they have said in the past few days, completing a season sweep of the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets Sunday night at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City. New Jersey started out strong, building a 10-point lead early on and leading by eight at the break. A 15-2 Nets run in the third quarter made it a 19-point game, but the Hornets slowly climbed back and cut the lead down to four with less than two minutes to go in the game. Jason Kidd then hit a huge three with 1:40 remaining to extend the lead back to seven, and the Hornets never got any closer than that. The Nets shot 52% from the field, but did not take care of the ball, committing 22 turnovers. Kidd finished just one assist shy of a triple-double, while Vince Carter led all scorers with 27 points. Nenad Krstic continued his quality play of late, shooting 8-of-12 from the field for 17 points and adding eight boards. Zoran Planinic provided a huge lift off the bench, scoring 11 points on 3-of-4 shooting in 13 minutes. Lawrence Frank became the third coach to win 100 games with the Nets and the fastest do do so.
- Boxscore - NBA.com
- Frank reaches milestone as Nets top fading Hornets - NBA.com (Ticker)
- Game Highlights (Video) - NBA.com
- New Jersey 95, New Orl/OKC 84 - Murray Evans - AP
- Frank no stranger to history - YES Network
- Game 61 Thoughts - NetsDaily Blog
- Photo Gallery: Nets vs. Hornets - Ty Russell - AP
- Lawrence Frank Press Conference (Video) - YES Network
- Richard Jefferson Interview (Video) - Leslie Boghosian - YES Network
- Nets stars get help from Planinic in win over Hornets - Dave D'Alessandro - Star-Ledger
- Nets Notebook: Thorn stands by his coach - Dave D'Alessandro - Star-Ledger
- Nets are OK...For Now - Fred Kerber - New York Post
- Nets win 1 to give Frank 100 - Ohm Youngmisuk - New York Daily News
- Hornets remain winless in March - Darnell Mayberry - The Oklahoman
- Scott sends West, Snyder to the bench - Andrew Gilman - The Oklahoman
- Words not working; time for action - Jenni Carlson - The Oklahoman
- Players act like happy times are back again - Al Iannazzone - The Record
- Frank is safe, Thorn insists - Al Iannazzone - The Record
- Nets rip stumbling, bumbling Hornets - Benjamin Hochman - New Orleans Times-Picayune