The Nets will play their next four games--against the Hawks, Wizards, Celtics and Hornets--at home, then after a trip to Boston, will play another two at the IZOD Center. It's a friendly schedule quirk and one the Nets will need to take advantage of if they're going to reverse their history of slow starts. To do so, however, a few Net players, including Vince Carter and Boki Nachbar, will have to reverse slow starts of their own.
- Getting Inside - USA Today