ROTATION: Starters -- Point guard Devin Harris, Shooting guard Courtney Lee, Small Forward Chris Douglas-Roberts, Power forward Josh Boone, Center Brook Lopez. Bench -- Guard Rafer Alston, Forward Trenton Hassell, Forward Terrence Williams, Center Tony Battie. PLAYER NOTES: --C Brook Lopez, at 19.5 points and 9.2 rebounds, is trying to become the Nets' first 20-and-10 man since Derrick Coleman in 1994-95.
"I don't really try to (set) goals statistically," Lopez said. "I'm confident with what I'm capable of doing. I'm just trying to play my best ball every game, try to improve. And for the most part I think individually I've done that."
Lopez had 25 points and 12 rebounds, his 12th double-double, Friday against the Pacers.
--G Keyon Dooling, who underwent off-season hip surgery, was a scratch Friday with sore hip flexors. Dooling had sat the first 18 games, then played four. He admitted the soreness caught up to him. He had no work over the summer and missed all of training camp. "It's probably from months of not being able to do much. I still got a ways to go from a conditioning standpoint," Dooling said.
--F Terrence Williams made his first appearance after being benched for two games for unproductive play, missing a team bus and posting negative massages on his Twitter account. The rookie Williams played 18 minutes, had six points, five rebounds and two steals.
MEDICAL WATCH:
--G Keyon Dooling sat Friday with sore hip flexors. He is expected to play Sunday in Atlanta.
--F Bobby Simmons sat his second straight game Friday with a sore neck. He's day-to-day.
--F Eduardo Najera is out indefinitely with a sore lower back. He has missed eight games.
--F Yi Jianlian, out since Nov. 2 with a sprained right knee, was set to return as early as Sunday. But he suffered a 50-stitch gash in his upper lip and is out for another week.
--F Jarvis Hayes remains out indefinitely since straining his hamstring in the season opener.
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