Nets 92-89 Lakers (18 Mar, 2006) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Lakers

34-33, 16-20 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	23	25	16	25	89
NJ	25	18	26	23	92

New Jersey Nets

36-28, 21-9 home

Nenad Krstic misses jumper
Nenad Krstic makes 20-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Nenad Krstic misses two point shot
Vince Carter misses 23-foot jumper
Richard Jefferson misses 16-foot jumper
Jason Kidd misses 19-foot jumper
Jason Collins makes layup (Richard Jefferson assists)
Jason Collins misses jumper
Brian Cook blocks Jason Kidd's driving layup
Richard Jefferson makes three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Jason Kidd misses 26-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter makes 13-foot running jumper (Nenad Krstic assists)
Nenad Krstic makes 13-foot two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)
Richard Jefferson makes 21-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Nenad Krstic makes layup (Jason Kidd assists)
Kwame Brown blocks Jason Kidd's layup
Nenad Krstic makes 17-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Vince Carter misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nenad Krstic makes jumper (Richard Jefferson assists)
Vince Carter makes 6-foot running jumper
Clifford Robinson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Clifford Robinson makes jumper (Nenad Krstic assists)
Vince Carter misses 13-foot running jumper
Jacque Vaughn misses jumper
Zoran Planinic misses 22-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant blocks Vince Carter's 16-foot jumper
Clifford Robinson misses 15-foot jumper
Jacque Vaughn makes driving layup (Lamond Murray assists)
Jacque Vaughn makes 7-foot running jumper (Zoran Planinic assists)
Lamond Murray makes 27-foot three point jumper (Zoran Planinic assists)
Richard Jefferson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Lamond Murray misses 21-foot jumper
Vince Carter makes two point shot
Richard Jefferson makes layup (Jason Kidd assists)
Vince Carter makes 15-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Nenad Krstic makes 16-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Richard Jefferson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jason Kidd misses 60-foot three point jumper
Richard Jefferson makes driving layup (Jason Kidd assists)
Nenad Krstic makes 17-foot jumper (Richard Jefferson assists)
Jason Collins makes driving layup (Nenad Krstic assists)
Richard Jefferson makes 5-foot running jumper (Nenad Krstic assists)
Nenad Krstic makes layup (Jason Kidd assists)
Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nenad Krstic misses 6-foot two point shot
Vince Carter makes driving layup
Richard Jefferson misses driving layup
Jason Kidd misses 24-foot jumper
Jason Kidd misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jason Kidd misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jason Collins makes 18-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Lamar Odom blocks Vince Carter's layup
Vince Carter misses 28-foot three point jumper
Clifford Robinson makes 16-foot jumper (Jacque Vaughn assists)
Nenad Krstic misses 16-foot jumper
Nenad Krstic makes jumper (Richard Jefferson assists)
Richard Jefferson misses 17-foot two point shot
Nenad Krstic makes 5-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Jacque Vaughn misses 20-foot jumper
Clifford Robinson makes jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Vince Carter misses 19-foot jumper
Jason Kidd makes driving layup (Clifford Robinson assists)
Clifford Robinson misses 16-foot running jumper
Vince Carter misses 24-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter makes 5-foot running jumper
Vince Carter misses 15-foot jumper
Richard Jefferson misses driving dunk
Jason Kidd misses three point jumper
Vince Carter makes two point shot (Jason Collins assists)
Vince Carter misses 18-foot running jumper
Jason Kidd misses 20-foot jumper
Vince Carter makes dunk (Clifford Robinson assists)
Jason Kidd makes 24-foot three point jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Richard Jefferson misses driving layup
Vince Carter makes layup
Richard Jefferson misses driving layup
Vince Carter misses 7-foot running jumper
Nenad Krstic makes tip shot
Lamar Odom misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kwame Brown misses 17-foot jumper
Lamar Odom makes two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot two point shot
Brian Cook makes 17-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Brian Cook makes 24-foot three point jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
Brian Cook makes 25-foot three point jumper (Smush Parker assists)
Kwame Brown makes dunk (Smush Parker assists)
Smush Parker misses 25-foot three point jumper
Lamar Odom misses 19-foot jumper
Smush Parker misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot jumper
Lamar Odom makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant misses driving layup
Kobe Bryant makes 18-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot two point shot
Brian Cook misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 16-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
Lamar Odom makes dunk (Andrew Bynum assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 30-foot three point jumper
Andrew Bynum misses tip shot
Sasha Vujacic makes 19-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 17-foot two point shot
Luke Walton misses 9-foot two point shot
Smush Parker misses 27-foot three point jumper
Lamar Odom misses 15-foot jumper
Lamar Odom makes dunk (Kwame Brown assists)
Luke Walton makes two point shot
Smush Parker misses 21-foot jumper
Smush Parker makes driving layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 27-foot three point jumper
Brian Cook makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Lamar Odom makes driving layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 28-foot three point jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
Brian Cook misses layup
Kobe Bryant misses 20-foot jumper
Luke Walton misses layup
Andrew Bynum misses tip shot
Luke Walton makes layup
Sasha Vujacic makes jumper (Jim Jackson assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three pointer
Sasha Vujacic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jim Jackson makes 16-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Sasha Vujacic misses jumper
Jim Jackson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Luke Walton makes layup
Kobe Bryant misses two point shot
Kobe Bryant makes jumper
Smush Parker makes driving layup
Luke Walton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 65-foot three point jumper
Smush Parker makes two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 20-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 20-foot jumper
Luke Walton misses layup
Kobe Bryant makes two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot jumper
Smush Parker misses driving layup
Lamar Odom makes driving dunk
Lamar Odom makes two point shot (Luke Walton assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luke Walton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brian Cook assists)
Lamar Odom misses driving layup
Luke Walton makes layup
Smush Parker makes 16-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant makes driving layup (Lamar Odom assists)
Smush Parker makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 32-foot three point jumper

LAKERS

NETS

TIME		LAL	NJ
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Kwame Brown vs. Jason Collins (Jason Kidd gains possession)	0	0
11:41	Nenad Krstic misses jumper	0	0
11:40	Brian Cook defensive rebound	0	0
11:18	Lamar Odom misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:18	Jason Collins defensive rebound	0	0
11:07	Nenad Krstic makes 20-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)	0	2
10:42	Kwame Brown misses 17-foot jumper	0	2
10:41	Jason Collins defensive rebound	0	2
10:34	Nenad Krstic misses two point shot	0	2
10:33	New Jersey offensive rebound	0	2
10:26	Vince Carter misses 23-foot jumper	0	2
10:25	Nenad Krstic offensive rebound	0	2
10:15	Vince Carter lost ball (Smush Parker steals)	0	2
10:10	Lamar Odom makes two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)	2	2
9:53	Richard Jefferson misses 16-foot jumper	2	2
9:52	Smush Parker defensive rebound	2	2
9:48	Smush Parker bad pass (Richard Jefferson steals)	2	2
9:40	Jason Kidd misses 19-foot jumper	2	2
9:38	Lamar Odom defensive rebound	2	2
9:34	Jason Collins shooting foul (Smush Parker draws the foul)	2	2
9:34	Smush Parker makes free throw 1 of 2	3	2
9:34	Smush Parker makes free throw 2 of 2	4	2
9:26	Jason Collins makes layup (Richard Jefferson assists)	4	4
9:11	Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot two point shot	4	4
9:10	Richard Jefferson defensive rebound	4	4
9:06	Vince Carter turnover	4	4
8:53	Brian Cook makes 17-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)	6	4
8:37	Jason Collins misses jumper	6	4
8:37	Smush Parker defensive rebound	6	4
8:19	Brian Cook makes 24-foot three point jumper (Lamar Odom assists)	9	4
8:07	Brian Cook blocks Jason Kidd's driving layup	9	4
8:04	Smush Parker defensive rebound	9	4
7:56	Brian Cook makes 25-foot three point jumper (Smush Parker assists)	12	4
7:46	New Jersey 20 Sec. timeout	12	4
7:30	Richard Jefferson makes three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)	12	7
7:13	Kobe Bryant bad pass (Vince Carter steals)	12	7
7:07	Jason Kidd misses 26-foot three point jumper	12	7
7:05	Kwame Brown defensive rebound	12	7
6:52	Kwame Brown makes dunk (Smush Parker assists)	14	7
6:37	Vince Carter makes 13-foot running jumper (Nenad Krstic assists)	14	9
6:24	Smush Parker misses 25-foot three point jumper	14	9
6:22	Los Angeles defensive rebound	14	9
6:09	Nenad Krstic makes 13-foot two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)	14	11
6:01	Smush Parker turnover	14	11
5:46	Jason Kidd bad pass (Brian Cook steals)	14	11
5:39	Smush Parker offensive foul (Nenad Krstic draws the foul)	14	11
5:39	Smush Parker turnover	14	11
5:39	New Jersey full timeout	14	11
5:26	Richard Jefferson makes 21-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)	14	13
5:07	Lamar Odom misses 19-foot jumper	14	13
5:05	Jason Kidd defensive rebound	14	13
5:00	Nenad Krstic makes layup (Jason Kidd assists)	14	15
4:39	Smush Parker misses 24-foot three point jumper	14	15
4:37	Richard Jefferson defensive rebound	14	15
4:24	Kwame Brown blocks Jason Kidd's layup	14	15
4:22	Kobe Bryant defensive rebound	14	15
4:18	Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot jumper	14	15
4:18	Richard Jefferson defensive rebound	14	15
4:05	Nenad Krstic makes 17-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)	14	17
3:43	Lamar Odom makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)	17	17
3:26	Kwame Brown personal foul (Vince Carter draws the foul)	17	17
3:26	Jacque Vaughn enters the game for Jason Kidd	17	17
3:21	Kobe Bryant personal foul (Vince Carter draws the foul)	17	17
3:21	Los Angeles full timeout	17	17
3:21	Clifford Robinson enters the game for Jason Collins	17	17
3:21	Andrew Bynum enters the game for Kwame Brown	17	17
3:14	Brian Cook shooting foul (Richard Jefferson draws the foul)	17	17
3:14	Richard Jefferson makes free throw 1 of 2	17	18
3:14	Richard Jefferson makes free throw 2 of 2	17	19
3:03	Kobe Bryant misses driving layup	17	19
3:02	Los Angeles offensive rebound	17	19
2:59	Kobe Bryant makes 18-foot jumper	19	19
2:42	Vince Carter misses 26-foot three point jumper	19	19
2:41	Brian Cook defensive rebound	19	19
2:29	Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot two point shot	19	19
2:28	Richard Jefferson defensive rebound	19	19
2:09	Nenad Krstic makes jumper (Richard Jefferson assists)	19	21
1:51	Brian Cook misses 25-foot three point jumper	19	21
1:50	Nenad Krstic defensive rebound	19	21
1:40	Vince Carter makes 6-foot running jumper	19	23
1:27	Kobe Bryant makes 16-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)	21	23
1:07	Clifford Robinson misses 26-foot three point jumper	21	23
1:07	Smush Parker defensive rebound	21	23
49.7	Lamar Odom makes dunk (Andrew Bynum assists)	23	23
29.4	Clifford Robinson makes jumper (Nenad Krstic assists)	23	25
4.8	Kobe Bryant misses 30-foot three point jumper	23	25
2.9	Andrew Bynum offensive rebound	23	25
0.3	Andrew Bynum misses tip shot	23	25
0.0	Los Angeles offensive rebound	23	25
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	23	25

Regular Season Series

NJ wins 2-0

Nets
102
Lakers
96

Game 1

27/11

Lakers
89
Nets
92

Game 2

18/3

IZOD Center

12:30 AM, 18 March 2006

East Rutherford, NJ

Attendance: 20,098

Referees:
Eddie F. Rush
Marc Davis
Michael Smith

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Golden State	11	3	.786	-	W1
LA Lakers	10	5	.667	1.5	L1
Phoenix	9	7	.563	3	L5
LA Clippers	9	7	.563	3	W3
Sacramento	8	7	.533	3.5	L1

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