(Paul Pierce schools old teammate Glen Davis)

It's a shame that the Nets will be without Brooke Lopez for the rest of the season. Their title hopes died with that, much like the Celtics last season when Rondo went down. The Nets are 18-22, and their winners of 8 of their last 9 games. The Nets are two games back of the Raptors for the Atlantic lead, and three games back of the third seed in the East. I think the Nets will end up their.

The Nets are 6-0 when starting Shaun Livingston, Alan Anderson, Joe Johnson, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett.They've been without Deron Williams for most of the season as well. When will that guy ever be healthy again? The Nets are not beating the Pacers, and not the Heat, but at least KG and Paul have these guys motivated.