After basically taking the night off in Game 4, which is how coach Byron Scott described it, the New Jersey Nets opened the door for the Pacers to force a do-or-die Game 5, where the winner will proceed and the loser will be done for the year.  This is not supposed to happen when the top seed meets the bottom in the first round of the Playoffs, but it has and now the Nets put in jeopardy of proceeding out of the first round for only the second time in franchise history, the other time being 1984.

The Nets performed a major turnaround this season, winning 52 games to secure the Eastern Conference crowd.  Behind Jason Kidd they played with poise and they played with pride, but most importantly they won.  A loss tonight means that those 52 regular season games mean nothing.

"For us to take the next step, we have to get this win," Kidd said after yesterday's practice. "You've got to be aggressive. You have to have the confidence that every shot you take is going in. We all understand that it can't be the same as it was Tuesday night or it'll be the same outcome."