In the third quarter, the Kings went with their starting four with Kevin Martin instead of Garcia. As soon as the Nets replaced Krstic with Jackson, they completely fell apart (the other Net starters were in the game, which of course included McInnis). Up to that point, they had outscored the Kings by six points in the quarter; after that point (which included replacing RJ with Zoran at one point) the Nets were outscored by 15 points. Also of note: during Padgett's 3 minutes at the end of the third quarter, the Nets were -8. Yes, Jackson scored 8 points during his third-quarter appearance on 4-5 shooting . . . but . . . he also committed two fouls and two turnovers during that period, leaving aside his defense. That made him pretty much a net zero.
Antoine Wright will be the first player off the bench by the All-star break. Mark my words.