The New Jersey Nets have had a habit this season of keeping games close only to fall short in the fourth quarter.
This was never more apparent than their Saturday game against Philadelphia, where they were unable to stop the 76ers late and had some costly miscues.
Sunday night was different, however.
The Nets entered the fourth trailing 78-73, then held Portland to 18 points on 39 percent shooting in the final frame. New Jersey went 7-of-16 from the floor in the fourth, including three timely three-pointers to score 25, coming out on top, 98-96.
For the game, New Jersey shot 53 percent—a dramatic improvement over their recent numbers.
At halftime, the Trail Blazers led 52-44, helped tremendously by the Nets' 11 first-half turnovers. New Jersey cleaned up their act tremendously after the break, committing just five turnovers in the second half and stepping up their defense.
The Nets held Portland below 40 percent shooting in the second half after the Blazers had been at 45 percent in the first 30 minutes.
What turned out to be the key sequence in the game came about halfway through the third qu ...
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