EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Maybe Byron Scott is right. The New Jersey Nets aren't going to get much respect until they make it to the NBA Finals. The Nets beat Boston 104-97...

...the sloppy Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night. "I keep saying this kid is getting better and better," coach Byron Scott said. "We all knew how much confidence he has in himself, but he is playing great basketball now." Not only did...

...It's the best postseason run since the Lakers went 11-0 in 1989 before being swept by Detroit after Magic Johnson and Byron Scott were hurt. "We're feeling real good about ourselves," Bryant said. Los Angeles headed home with a 2-0 lead...

...91-83 exhibition victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. "He took another step tonight doing that," said coach Byron Scott, who had questioned his work habits a day earlier. "I liked his intensity. He showed me a little bit of that Kenyon...

...didn't run it like we had in the past. We didn't have any crispness. We jogged through everything," said Nets coach Byron Scott, whose team will try to even the series as it resumes Monday night at 7 p.m. EDT. The San Antonio-Seattle series...

...boast even New Jersey admits might be true. His Celtics co-star, Antoine Walker, has feuded with New Jersey coach Byron Scott, whose distaste for Boston dates to his playing days. Kenny Anderson has closed the book on his formative NBA years...

...earlier he was swept out of the first round by the Indiana Pacers, thanks largely to a big shot by a Pacer guard named Byron Scott. O'Neal and Scott played on the Los Angeles Lakers together for a year when O'Neal first came to Los Angeles in...

...quarter, when the Blazers rallied from a six-point deficit. Pippen has appeared in 183 playoff games, tied with Byron Scott for sixth-most in NBA history. Minnesota's entire 12-man roster has 169 postseason appearances, and the disparity...

...didn't have a chance to be at our best and compete with the Pistons." The day before the Finals began, starter Byron Scott injured his left hamstring in a rebounding drill. That took his 20 points per game out of the lineup. Then, in the...

...topping last year, when he led the East to an incredible fourth-quarter comeback victory and was named MVP. East coach Byron Scott plans to give Iverson every chance to earn another trophy. "Being his home, he'll probably get more time than anyone...