EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- For now, we won't worry about the cheerleaders on stilts and the fans wearing bags on their heads and the fact Jay-Z, a man interested in making history, wasn't around to watch the team he partially owns, the New Jersey Nets, enter the record books. For now, we won't worry about the hip-hop mogul's missed songwriting opportunity on the night the Nets sunk to 0-18, the worst start by any team in NBA history."New Jer ... sey! Concrete jungle where bricks are made of!'' he could have lyricized about the league's worst-shooting team. "There's nothing you can't lose! Let's hear it for Jersey, Jersey, Jersey!''
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