Travis Outlaw had, easily, his best game in a New Jersey Nets uniform, but his team was unable to pull out a win as the Cleveland Cavaliers won, 93-91.
Outlaw has been plagued by inconsistency in this young season, but he delivered 27 points and seven rebounds on 11-of-22 shooting, including 4-of-7 on threes.
With about a minute-and-a-half left in the game, a desperation three-point heave from Cleveland's Anthony Parker with the shot clock expiring turned out to be the difference in the game.
New Jersey led 65-63 after three quarters of play, but the Cavs scored 30 points in the fourth quarter by bombing away from downtown.
Cleveland hit 5-of-6 threes in the fourth quarter and 9-of-17 overall.
The Nets put an emphasis on playing tougher in practice this week, although it may have come at a cost with Terrence Williams suffering an abdominal strain during one of their sessions.
He did not dress for the game, and one has to believe the team would have had a much better shot at winning this tight game had he been active.
Quinton Ross took over Williams' minutes and produced just two points.
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