• Nets 101, Mavericks 82: Ah, the schizophrenic Nets. After losing three straight, they've now won two in a row, and Sunday's win came against a legitimate title contender. It also came at the Izod Center, a place they have had trouble putting up good performances all season long. Maybe it's all the empty seats.

  Vince Carter put forth one of his best efforts of the season -- a 29-point, nine-rebound performance. And that was after a nasty elbow sent him to the locker room. But the Nets' defense -- or the Mavericks' poor shooting -- was the story in this one. Dallas made only 36.5 percent of its shots.

• Captials 3, Rangers 2 (OT): Ryan Hollweg will have five full days to think about the tripping penalty he took in the final minute of regulation. Just 23 seconds after the teams took the ice in overtime, the Capitals finally converted on a power play and took the two points. Steve Valiquette, who had shutouts in his last two starts, played on consecutive nights for the first time in his career. That didn't go over so well, but the goal in overtime wasn't his fault. He had 21 saves. Sean Avery and Chris Drury lit the lamp for the Rangers.

Photograph of the Nets' Sean Williams blocking a shot from the Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki by Bill Kostroun/AP