Will he or won't he? There've been hints Vince Carter may return from an ankle sprain Wednesday against the 4-7 Blazers and he did practice Tuesday. Carter has missed five games, all losses, and the Nets are 0-9 without him since he came over in 2004. Portland, still smarting from the loss of Greg Oden to microfracture surgery, put the NBA's youngest team on the court, but two of those young'uns are LaMarcus Aldridge and Brandon Roy.
- New Jersey Nets Game Notes - New Jersey Nets
- Portland Trail Blazers Game Notes - Portland Trail Blazers
- New Jersey (4-7) at Portland (4-7) - AP
- Getting Inside - USA Today
- Game reaction: Bobcats 101, Blazers 92 - Casey Holdahl - Blazer Blog
- Practice Notes - Matt McQueeny - New Jersey Nets
- Vince Carter practices, may play - Julian Garcia - New York Daily News
- In need of some home cooking - Mike Barrett - Portland Trail Blazers
- Lest We Forget - Dave - Blazers Edge
- Without Oden, Trail Blazers patiently building for future - Dave Dupree - USA Today
- A look at the Nets - Dave - Blazers Edge