Story Published:
Nov 22, 2007 at 2:44 PM PST
Story Updated:
Nov 22, 2007 at 2:44 PM PST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Jason Kidd had 12 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists, and the New Jersey Nets snapped a six-game losing streak with a 106-101 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.
Richard Jefferson scored 30 points for the Nets, who saw the return of Vince Carter after he missed five games with a sprained ankle. Carter finished with 13 points.
Brandon Roy had 25 points for the Blazers, who have lost five straight. The loss snapped Portland's 4-0 record at the Rose Garden to open the season.
Travis Outlaw's dunk with 2:42 left gave the Blazers a 99-98 lead, and the Blazers extended it with LaMarcus Aldridge's one-handed dunk.
But Bostjan Nachbar hit a 3-pointer with 1:04 to go, and Kidd followed with a layup and free throw to give New Jersey a 104-101 lead.
Outlaw's foul on Kidd with 6.9 seconds left sealed Portland's fate, and Kidd made both his free throws for the final margin.
It was Kidd's third triple-double this season. It was the 90th of his career, and his 52nd with New Jersey.
Carter entered the game with 4:22 to go in the first quarter. Soon thereafter, Roy's jumper gave the Blazers a 16-15 lead.
The Blazers led by as many as 11 points, when Joel Przybilla's dunk made it 31-20. But New Jersey caught up in the second quarter.
Roy hit a 3-pointer with less than a minute left before the half, but Antoine Wright answered with one for New Jersey that narrowed it to 48-45.
Roy scored 21 points in the first half alone, and was 4-for-4 from 3-point range. But he was cold in the second half.
Martell Webster's 18-foot jumper late in the third quarter made it 73-62 for Portland.
New Jersey again closed in, and Nachbar's dunk cut the Blazers' lead to 79-74 as time ran out in the third quarter.
Nachbar opened the fourth quarter with a 3-pointer to even it at 79. Nachbar later hit another 3-pointer to give the Nets an 83-82 lead, and Carter added a dunk.
The teams traded the lead down the stretch, until Travis Outlaw's dunk appeared to shift the momentum the Blazers' way.
Nachbar finished with 23 points and was 5-of-7 from 3-point range.
New Jersey had not won at the Rose Garden since Nov. 30, 2002.
The Trail Blazers went into the game 4-0 at home, but with losses in all seven of their road games to start the season, including a 101-92 loss at Charlotte on Monday.
The Nets started 4-1 before dropping six in a row, including a 102-75 loss to Utah on Monday.
Notes: Malik Allen started at forward for New Jersey for the first time this season. ... Portland swept the two-game series against the Nets last season. ... Roy was knocked around by the Nets in the second half, which could explain his dropoff. After he was fouled by Kidd in the fourth quarter, he shook his wrist for several moments. ... Portland has not won five straight at home since a six-game streak in November 2003.
