Nets Outclass Knicks for 6th Straight Victory

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Vince Carter scored 27 points and Richard Jefferson added 23 to lead the Nets to their sixth consecutive win, a 109-101 victory over the Knicks last night.


Carter has led New Jersey in scoring in all the six wins. He has averaged 34 points during that span, New Jersey’s longest winning streak since winning a franchise-record 14 straight in 2004.


Jason Kidd added nine assists and reserve forward Clifford Robinson had 16 points.


Reserve Nate Robinson scored 21 points and sparked brief scuffle under the Nets’ basket when he committed a hard foul on Jacque Vaughn with 7:07 remaining in the game and New Jersey up 101-89. There was some grabbing, but it was broken up without further incident.


Stephon Marbury also scored 21 points and Channing Frye added 18 for New York, which was trying to win consecutive games for only the second time this season.


New Jersey finished off a perfect three-game road trip before heading home to face LeBron James and Cleveland tonight.


The Nets’ lead ballooned to 17 points with 1:09 left in the third quarter as Kidd was able to drive through the porous New York defense at will, setting up teammates with uncontested jump shots. New Jersey led 93-75 after three quarters.


The Knicks got to within 103-94 after Jamal Crawford finished a three-point play off a nice feed from Nate Robinson with 5:41 remaining. Crawford then made two free throws to make it a seven-point game, but the Knicks would get no closer.


Six free throws down the stretch by Carter sealed the victory.


Eddy Curry entered with 5:19 remaining in the first quarter after missing four straight games with a sprained left ankle. He finished with seven points in 15 minutes.


The Nets did not exhibit any rust from the two-day Christmas layoff. Carter staked the Nets to a 32-20 first-quarter lead with 11 points as New Jersey shot 63% from the field.


Consecutive alley-oop dunks by Jefferson and Carter – the second off a pinpoint, sideline inbounds pass from Kidd with 1.9 seconds to go – gave New Jersey a 63-50 halftime lead. The Nets finished the half shooting 61% and fell three points shy of their highest-scoring first half of the season. They scored 66 on December 18 against Golden State.


Jefferson scored 14 first-half points on 5-of-5 shooting. Frye scored 16 in the first half and Marbury added 10.


New Jersey took three of four games from New York last season. This was the 12th regular season meeting between Kidd and Marbury since they were traded for each other in 2001.


New Jersey is 14-0 when leading after three quarters.


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