The Nets got their second straight home win and their second win over the Hawks at the Prudential Center on Sunday, and they had some unlikely heroes.
The Hawks made 11 of their first 14 shots and led by as many as nine points in the first quarter. But they really cooled off after that and the Nets came back and took the lead midway through the second. The game was tied at halftime and again after the third quarter, but the Nets' bench started the fourth on a 7-0 run. The Nets went up by as many as 10 and held on for a seven-point win.
Atlanta shot just 39 percent for the game. The Nets didn't shoot much better, but they outrebounded the Hawks 46-39. Devin Harris led all scorers with 22 points and Brook Lopez added 16, but the bench was the difference. Sasha Vujacic scored 10 points, grabbed six rebounds, and was a +23 in 29 minutes. And Troy Murphy added eight points and five rebounds in 22 minutes.
- Boxscore - NBA.com
- Game Highlights (Video) - NBA.com
- Harris, Lopez carry Nets past Hawks, 89-82 - AP
- Nets-Hawks notebook - Jake Appleman - NBA.com
- Nets find a way to win, defeat Atlanta 89-82 - Colin Stephenson - Star-Ledger
- Nets' Sasha Vujacic gladly takes his lumps to get more playing time - Colin Stephenson - Star-Ledger
- Bench helps lift Nets over Atlanta - Fred Kerber - New York Post
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Troy still battling for minutes - Fred Kerber - New York Post
- Harris scores 22 points to lead Nets to upset victory over Hawks - Stefan Bondy - New York Daily News
- Harris, Lopez carry Nets past Hawks - Al Iannazzone - The Record
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Nets notes: Trade winds - Al Iannazzone - The Record
- Vujacic fitting in with Nets - Al Iannazzone - The Nets Insider
- Hawks lose again to lowly Nets - Michael Cunningham - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Atlanta Hawks: Nets 89, Hawks 82 - Michael Cunningham - AJC Hawks Blog
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Second Unit Produces Fourth-Quarter Results - Ben Couch - New Jersey Nets
- Pre-Game: Avery Johnson Interview (Video) - Jessica Taff - YES Network
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Post-Game Plus (Video) - Nancy Newman - YES Network
- From the Booth (Video) - Marv Albert & Jim Spanarkel - YES Network
- Avery Johnson Press Conference (Video) - YES Network
- Brook Lopez Interview (Video) - Jessica Taff - YES Network
- Troy Murphy Interview (Video) - Jessica Taff - YES Network
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Nets’ bench keys win over Hawks (with Post-game Audio) - Gregory Hrinya - Examiner
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Game Recap: New Jersey Nets 89, Atlanta Hawks 82 - Kris Willis - Peachtree Hoops