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

Three Pointers: Reserves dethrone the Kings

Brooklyn Nets guard C.J. Watson protects the ball

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LOS ANGELES – It had to be comforting.

The Nets’ starters weren’t getting it done for the most part against the Kings at Sunday night, looking like they were sleepwalking in Sleep Train Arena. So Avery Johnson went to his bench, looking for that spark and infusion of energy against a team they felt they should beat.

Boy did they provide one.

Fueled by 52 points from the bench,...

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