The Nets aren't ready to take the off ramp out of the NBA playoffs just yet.
Jason Kidd scored 20 points and the Nets somehow delayed an early summer vacation with a 83-72 victory over the Cavaliers on Wednesday night to pull within 3-2 in their Eastern Conference semifinal.
Doomed by an inability to execute down the stretch in this series, the Nets built a 22-point lead in the third quarter and then hung on for dear life to force a Game 6 on Friday night in East Rutherford, N.J.
How they won was nothing short of a miracle.