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New Jersey Nets: Information from Answers.com (3740 words) |
 | During the early 1990s the Nets began to improve behind a core of young players, as New Jersey drafted Derrick Coleman and Kenny Anderson and acquired the late Drazen Petrovic in a trade with the Portland Trail Blazers. |
| The Nets led by nine points with five minutes remaining in regulation, however Reggie Miller made a 35-foot three-pointer at the buzzer to send the game into overtime (it should be noted that replays later showed that Miller's shot was actually after the buzzer and therefore shouldn't have counted). |
| In 2004, The Nets again won the Atlantic Division title, and after sweeping the crosstown rival Knicks in the first round, their run of conference championships was halted in the Eastern Conference Semifinals by the eventual NBA champion Detroit Pistons. |
| New Jersey Nets (1967-Present) (4494 words) |
| The Nets were not jamming at all in a year of transition mired in last place from the start of the season the Nets decided to start the rebuilding process by trading Buck Williams to the Portland Trailblazers on draft day. |
| Despite the new additions failing to help, the Nets proved their previous season was not a fluke by leading the Atlantic Division most of the season as Richard Jefferson and Kenyon Martin both established themselves as 2 of the better up and coming players in the NBA. |
| In the playoffs the Nets were matched up against the New York Knicks, the series seemed to reenergize the Nets as they dominated their Hudson River rivals in a 4-game sweep. |
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