Nets overcome deficit, injuries to win fifth straight  Andray
Blatche dunks the ball in the first  Andray Blatche dunks the
ball in the first half of a game against the Phoenix Sun. (Jan.
11, 2013) (Credit: Jim McIsaac)  The thud reverberated around
Barclays Center, and collective moans were heard with every
replay shown on the massive high-definition scoreboard.  Barely
six minutes had elapsed in Friday night's game against the Suns,
and the Nets already were staring at the likelihood of tipping
off their three-game homestand without one of their top players,
creating yet another test in a season full of them.  Gerald
Wallace was writhing in discomfort after getting hacked on a
fast-break dunk by P.J. Tucker. The Nets feared the worst,
knowing that the guy with such a high pain threshold was down
and out. "It was an ugly fall," Joe Johnson said. "I thought he
almost broke his wrist or something . . . It's tough, man.
That's why in this season, you wish you can have all your key
guys. But this is part of the