<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Nov. 5 (Ticker) -- On a night when the New Jersey Nets were missing the injured Kenyon Martin, RodneyRogers and Lucious Harris, former teammate Anthony Johnson caused them the most pain. Johnson nailed back-to-back three-pointers in the fourth quarter to stop a huge run as the Indiana Pacers held off the undermanned Nets, 87-81. Ron Artest scored 21 points, Johnson finished with 17 and Jermaine O'Neal 15 for the Pacers, who had a 71-54 lead with 9 1/2 minutes remaining before the Nets rallied. They pulled within 76-74 with 3:48 left on a pair of free throws by Jason Collins. But Johnson, who signed with Indiana in the offseason after shooting 55 percent (17-for-31) in the playoffs for the Nets, halted the surge 21 seconds later with a three-pointer from the left corner. He hit another from the same spot to make it 82-74 with 2:46 remaining. New Jersey climbed within 82-79 with 42 seconds left on a three-pointer by Richard Jefferson, but Indiana made 5-for-6 free throws down the stretch to seal the win. </div> Recap Box Score
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting ObieCent:</div><div class="quote_post">Wow... I thought NJ was gonna win for sure</div>I had them penciled in for the win also. On any given night...
