Playing without their top player in point guard Devin Harris, the New Jersey Nets should have stood no chance of winning when they walked into the Wachovia Center Friday night.

Instead, the Philadelphia Sixers gave them every chance to earn their first win of the season.

It turned out, the Nets didn’t want it.

The Sixers overcame a small fourth quarter deficit to pull out an uninspiring 97-94 win. The Nets came into the game as the worst team in the league at 0-5 and were without six injured players, leaving them with just four players on the bench. Still, they almost took down a Sixers team that looked lost at times on both ends of the court.  

Elton Brand – who was [...]