Down by 10 points and facing the prospect of opening the season with four straight losses, the Charlotte Bobcats picked up their defense, got a few friendly bounces off the rim late and came up with a way to win. D.J. Augustin hit two go-ahead free throws with 30.9 seconds to play and the Bobcats closed the game with a 16-4 run to post an 85-83 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night. "It would have been very tough for us to be 0-4," Augustin said. "We needed this win badly. It's going to give us a boost of confidence going into Detroit." Going 0-4 would have been a lot scarier since the Bobcats have home games against Orlando and San Antonio after the Detroit game, so the players could easily have been looking at a possible 0-7 start. "We were struggling and we needed something good," Bobcats coach Larry Brown said. "To get a win on the road is important. I saw some ugly things that happen when you don't execute. But down the stretch, we made good passes and decisions on offense." Read more: http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=301103017
