The Nets opened their post-break schedule with their third straight loss Tuesday night in Houston. They got off to a hot start and led by six midway through the first quarter, but when Vince Carter and Brook Lopez went to the bench, the Nets went ice cold. The Rockets finished the period on a 17-1 run and never let up after that. The improved defense that we saw from the Nets before the All-Star break was only seen for a few minutes midway through the third quarter. Houston shot 15-29 from three point range and grabbed 16 offensive boards. Vince Carter led the Nets with 30 points on 11-21 shooting and Brook Lopez added 21 points, nine boards and four blocks, but the rest of the Nets shot just 27 percent from the field. Yi Jianlian and Bobby Simmons returned to action and each had a few buckets in garbage time. With the loss, the Nets fell to two games behind the Bucks for the eighth spot in the East.
- Boxscore - NBA.com
- Game Highlights: Raptors 114, Nets 88 (Video) - NBA.com
- Battier, Yao lead Rockets past Nets 114-88 - Chris Duncan - AP
- Nets drop 114-88 loss to Houston Rockets as Carter scores 30 - Dave D'Alessandro - Star-Ledger
- Yao and Rockets blow out Yi and Nets - Michael Street - Asian-American Sports Examiner
- Carter flies high in loss to Rockets - Al Iannazzone - The Record
- Post Game Plus (Video) - Chris Shern - YES Network
- Lawrence Frank Press Conference (Video) - YES Network
- Brook Lopez Interview (Video) - Michelle Beadle - YES Network
- From the Booth (Video) - Marv Albert & Mike Fratello - YES Network
- Nets rocked, Carter rumors swirl - Al Iannazzone - The Nets Insider
- Rockets rout Nets - Jonathan Feigen - Houston Chronicle
- Viva Las Vegas: Rockets 114, Nets 88 - Fran Blinbury - Houston Chronicle
- Nets fall to Rockets 114-88, next loss may be Vince Carter - Julian Garcia - New York Daily News
- Carter unfazed by rumors - Fred Kerber - New York Post
- China's Yao wins NBA battle versus countryman Yi - Agence France Press
- Photo Gallery: Rockets 114, Nets 88 - AP