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Joe Johnson talks about his Nets turnaround and his development under head coach Jason Kidd. Photo credit NBA  by  +Rodney Fisher When the Brooklyn Nets started the 2013-14 NBA season, with a first-year head coach with a new roster of veterans, expectations where high. After a 10-21 record before New Years Day, those hopes turned into nightmares. Since then the Nets have the hottest team in the Eastern Conference with a 28-12 record, good enough for a fifth place seed. After the Nets overtime win over the Dallas Mavericks (107-104), I had the chance to chat with six-time NBA All-Star Joe Johnson about the team's turnaround, his new coach, and what makes him so lucky in the final seconds of a game.

The free agent aquistion of Joe Johnson by the Brooklyn Nets paid off last night. Johnson had 28 points total, but it was his jumper at the buzzer of a second overtime that clinched the win. "The coaches and, like I say, my teammates have the confidence in putting the ball in my hands down the stretch, then I have to come up big for us," - Joe Johnson FULL STORY and BOX SCORE