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Follow the Nets' return to New York with Newsday's Rod Boone.

Three Pointers: Boston Breakthrough

Joe Johnson tries to drive past Paul Pierce

Photo credit: Jim McIsaac

Less than 90 minutes before they threw the ball in the air at the Barclays Center Thursday night, Avery Johnson was talking about needing a signature victory.

Johnson thought a win over the Celtics would do wonders for the Nets’ psyche, providing them with an early-season breakthrough moment. They had beaten Boston only once in the previous seven tries and just twice in 20 meetings entering...

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