THE FACT: The Nets snapped a three-game losing streak with a 108-102 victory over the Sixers, highlighted by a few superlatives: 14 free throws from Paul Pierce, seven steals from Shaun Livngston, and five 3-pointers from Mirza Teletovic.
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THE LEAD: The shorthanded Nets (21-25) blitzed the Sixers early, but it took them the rest of the game to fully close out the visitors. Led by Livington's active hands the Nets forced 26 turnovers, 15 of which were steals. When they weren't losing the ball or having a hard time attacking Kevin Garnett (five blocks), the Sixers (15-34) shot 52 percent, as the Nets struggled to contain Thaddeus Young (17 points) and Tony Wroten (18 points).
Pierce led the Nets with 25 points. Deron Williams scored 21 and Teletovic added 20. A third of the Nets' normal nine-man rotation sat with various ailments: Joe Johnson (right knee tendinitis), Andray Blatche (bruised left hip) and Andrei Kirilenko (sore calf). As a result, Reggie Evans, Mason Plumlee and Jason Terry all played double digit minutes.
THE STAT: The Sixers' 26 turnovers yielded 32 points for the Nets.
TURNING POINT: After he sank a jumper, Williams found Teletovic with a pinpoint bounce pass in transition. Teletovic finished off the and-1 to give the Nets a seven point lead just 42 seconds after the Sixers had cut the deficit to two. Up seven with just under three minutes remaining, the Nets were in solid position to hold on.
QUOTABLE: "I can't. I wish I could, you know, it continues to haunt us. We have to get more responsible with the ball; I have to do a better job."
-- Sixers coach Brett Brown, on how to explain his team's turnover woes
QUOTABLE II: "A win is a win, but we can't be happy with the way we closed the game."
- Pierce
ROOKIE WATCH: Michael Carter-Williams led the Sixers with 21 points, but shot just 6-for-17 from the field and committed six turnovers.
INSIDE THE ARENA: Jay-Z attended his first game of the year with Beyonce. Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and actor Michael J. Fox also attended the game. .... Ruth Lovelace, the boys' basketball coach at Boys and Girls high school was one of the recipients of the Pioneer Award for Black History month. Boy and Girls has produced NBA legends like Lenny Wilkens and Connie Hawkins.
NOTABLE: The Nets became the first team in the NBA this season to record 13 or more steals in three straight games. .... The Nets used their eighteenth different starting lineup.
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