Pistons-Nets Preview 2-1-12
(AP) -- A visit from the lowly Detroit Pistons is coming at the perfect time for the New Jersey Nets.
Coming off consecutive defeats, the Nets try for a fourth straight home win over a Pistons team looking to avoid a season-high seventh loss in a row in the finale of back-to-back-to-back games Wednesday night.
New Jersey (7-15) had won four of six before falling 94-73 at home to Toronto on Sunday, and lost 106-99 at Indiana on Tuesday. Deron Williams had 34 points with seven assists and Anthony Morrow scored 28, but the short-handed Nets succumbed to a 12-0 third-quarter Pacers' run that changed the game.
The Nets also committed 19 turnovers Indiana converted into 30 points.
"Our team got down 12 or 14 points, but we kept battling and then we got within striking distance," Nets coach Avery Johnson said. "Unfortunately, the ball just popped out on us."
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