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Nets edge Raptors, advance to 2nd round

"We had a chance to win the basketball game," he said. "They just made one more play than we did."

Carter, who averaged 25 points in the series, refused to gloat over eliminating the Raptors.

"We get to move on, that's all that matters," he said. "I don't want to get caught up in the whole situation people are making. For us, it's trying to advance and that was our goal this evening. We knew it was going to be a battle and a dogfight. We had to make plays at both ends of the floor."

Luckily for the Nets, Jefferson did at the end of the game.

Kidd finished with 18 points, 15 assists and eight rebounds for the Nets, averaging a triple-double for the series. Jefferson had 24 points and Nachbar added 15 off the bench.

Toronto got inspired efforts from banged-up point guards T.J. Ford and Calderon, who were both hurt in the Raptors' win in Game 5. Ford finished with 19 points in 15 minutes, and Calderon had 14 points and six assists while gutting out 33 minutes on a sprained ankle. No. 1 draft pick Andrea Bargnani added 17 points and seven rebounds.

Notes:@ Kidd averaged 14 points, 13.2 assists and 10 rebounds to become the first player to average a triple-double for a series since he did it against Boston in the 2002 Eastern Conference finals. ... New Jersey advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals for the fifth time in six years. ... Toronto forced 19 Nets turnovers, including five by Jefferson and four apiece by Carter and Kidd. ... Calderon had a game-high four steals.