[This is from what I saw and the notes I took. Please excuse spelling, grammatical, and typing errors. Times listed indicates time _left_ in the quarter, half, game and/or overtime and the team listed after the score is always the team that is ahead. A brick is a short shot that hits the part of the rim closest to the shooter. To save time and typing, I only list players by their last names. If you would like a roster list for the players in the playoffs, e-mail me asking for a roster list. If you would like to receive the tabs directly via e-mail, send me a note with your correct e-mail address and state that you want to be added to the tabs mailing list. Questions, suggestions, and comments welcomed.] New Jersey Nets at New York Knicks - game 1 1st Quarter: Ewing misses. K Anderson misses the forced shot as the 24 second clock runs down. Davis travels. Brown misses. NY turnover. Edwards drives for 2. Benjamin blocks Ewing. K Anderson throws up an airball. Harper misses driving. Edwards drives the baseline for the lay up. NY misses on 3 attempts. 4-0 NJ 8:56. NJ misses on 2 attempts. Ewing nails the face up jumper. Coleman misses and catches his own shot - traveling. Ewing misses. Coleman nails the short jumper. Davis with the nice move, drive, and lay up. 6-4 NJ 6:39. Edwards misses. Bonner travels in the paint. [Offense anyone?] Morris travels. Ewing is fouled driving. Makes both. Coleman misses, NJ's tip won't roll in. Harper drains the 3. Edwards misses. Davis drives across the lane for the pseudo-hook. Coleman snakes through the paint for the lay up. NY turnover. Benjamin gets 2 in the paint. 15-11 NY 3:46. Oakley over shoots. NJ misses at the 24 second buzzer. Ewing to Oakley for the lay up. Edwards is fouled in the paint. 1 of 2, J Williams gets the rebound. Coleman misses. Smith nails the free throw jumper. Morris misses the open shot. 15-11 NY. Harper misses. NJ turnover. Starks buries the turn around jumper. Coleman 2 of 2. Starks misses. J Williams misses. Mason powers in and some how the ball goes in. NJ turnover, NY turnover. 19-13 NY. 2nd Quarter: Coleman drains the 18-footer. NY turnover. Coleman travels. Starks airballs. Coleman swishes the baseline jumper with a player in his face. Ewing is fouled driving. 1 of 2. 20-17 NY 10:00. NJ turnover. Ewing misses 2 baseline attempts. Benjamin turns it over. Smith nails the short jumper. Gilliam is fouled driving - shot rolls out. Makes the freebies. A moving pick called on NY. Newman is fouled driving. Misses the gifts. Smith misses. Offensive foul on Gilliam. 22-19 NY 7:36. Ewing misses inside. Anderson 1 of 2. Anthony misses the 3. Coleman travels. Anthony to Ewing for the open baseliner. Edwards gets his own rebound and drives for the lay up. Smith with the nice move to the hole for 2. Benjamin gets 2 inside. 26-24 NY 5:03. Mason misses. Coleman gets the 3. Ewing misses. K Anderson is fouled shooting. 1 of 2. Harper is fouled inside. 1 of 2. Edwards airballs. Ewing gets the 15-footer. K Anderson bricks. Ewing puts in his own miss. 31-28 NY 2:50. Coleman nails the 3 as the 24 second clock runs down. Ewing turns it over in the paint. K Anderson misses. Oakley misses, jumpball on the rebound. Jump violation on Bonner, NJ ball. Oakley strips Coleman. Bonner lays in NY's miss. Oakley intercepts. Harper drains the long baseliner. Edwards drains the long 2. Ewing misses. 35-33 NY [A halftime score!?! Not pure D, a lot of poor shots and sloppy play.] That's a NBA record low for total points in a 1st half. 3rd Quarter: Oakley blocks Brown from behind. Harper swishes the 18-footer. Benjamin spins in for 2. Harper drives for the lay up. K Anderson swishes the 3. Harper drives again for 2. Ewing blocks Benjamin, ahead to Bonner for the lay up. 43-38 NY 9:26. Edwards misses. Oakley misses the lay up. K Anderson misses the lay up. Davis nails the pull up jumper. Edwards with the pretty turn around jumper. Bonner 1 of 2. 47-42 NY 7:07. Oakley tips the ball away, Harper breaks, to Oakley, one attempt, two attempts, and the lay up and a foul for Oakley. Makes the extra. Coleman 1 of 2. NY turnover. Morris misses. Ewing misses, Edwards is fouled on the break. Makes both. Harper misses, Oakley rebounds, Davis drives for the lay up. Morris slams Coleman's miss. NY turnover, NJ turnover. Oakley lobs to Bonner for 2. 54-47 NY 4:44. A double T is called on Coleman and a Knick (never did hear who) for a minor verbal scuffle. Coleman 2 of 2. Ewing turns it over. K Anderson drains the 15-footer. Harper misses. J Williams misses inside. Davis misses the open 3. NJ runs, Gilliam gets the lay up and is fouled. Makes the gift. 54-54 2:52. Ewing misses. Gilliam backs in for the lay up. Ewing 2 of 2. Edwards misses. Davis fakes the pass and nails the 3. Morris drains the 3. Oakley sees a hole and drives for the lay up. Oakley dives for the loose ball, gets it and calls timeout. Harper drives for the lay up. Morris skies to jam the rebound home. 63-61 NY. 4th Quarter: NY misses. NJ misses. NY turnover. Gilliam nails the 15- footer. Harper misses. Gilliam's shot rattles in. Smith is fouled under the basket. 1 of 2. K Anderson misses the 3. 65- 64 NJ 9:54. Ewing misses the lay up. Morris misses, Starks misses on the break. Gilliam is fouled (non-shooting) and a T on Mason. K Anderson makes the gift. K Anderson's long jumper rattles in. Starks out of control turns it over. Mason strips Coleman. Ewing spins in, is fouled, and gets the basket. Makes the extra. Morris misses the 3. Smith powers in for the lay up and is fouled. Misses the gift, but Ewing power slams it home. 71-68 NY 7:34. Offensive foul on Newman. Jumpball, NY controls. Anthony nails the open 3. K Anderson misses. Ewing misses the open jumper. Gilliam misses. Ewing misses. Coleman misses, loose ball foul on NY. NJ turnover. 74-68 NY 5:13. Anthony misses the 3. Gilliam 1 of 2. Ewing 1 of 2. Offensive foul on Coleman. Smith drives with 2 players on him and gets the reverse lay up. Coleman 2 of 2. 77-71 NY 3:34. Smith nails the long baseliner. Double T on Ewing and Gilliam. Coleman 2 of 2. Ewing 2 of 2. Ewing blocks Gilliam's slam attempt. Ewing misses. Coleman 1 of 2. 81-74 NY 2:05. Smith is fouled driving. 2 of 2. Coleman throws up the wild airball 3. Anthony turns it over, K Anderson is fouled on the break. 1 of 2. Smith's long jumper bounces once, twice, and finally rattles home. K Anderson 2 of 2. Ewing spins in, tosses the ball in, and is fouled. Makes the extra. Coleman misses the 3. Anthony drains the 3. Coleman nails the 3. NY runs the clock out. Game Over. Final: New York Knicks 91, New Jersey Nets 80. Player of the game: Charles Smith with 17 points, 11 in the 4th, and 5 rebounds. New York leads the series 1-0. patricia