Charlotte, NC (Sports Network) - Jason Richardson scored 25 points to lead a balanced Bobcats attack and Charlotte overcame another Jason Kidd triple- double to ease past the New Jersey Nets, 115-99.
Gerald Wallace added 21 points and 11 rebounds, while Emeka Okafor finished with 17 and six for the Bobcats, who shot a torrid 58.7 percent from the floor to snap a three-game losing streak.
Charlotte also got 17 points and seven assists from Raymond Felton, as well as 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting from Nazr Mohammed and a 10-point, seven-rebound effort from Matt Carroll.
Kidd had 13 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds for his 8th triple-double of the season - and his third in a row. It was his second of the season against the Bobcats, and the 97th of his career. No player has recorded triple-doubles in three consecutive games since Grant Hill accomplished the feat with the Detroit Pistons in 1997.
"They got a lot of good looks," Kidd said of the hot-shooting Bobcats. "We didn't put any pressure on them. They made open looks, and they got out to a big lead, and we were just playing catch-up from that point on."
Richard Jefferson had a team-high 25 points and Vince Carter finished with 17 despite an off shooting night, hitting just 5-of-15 field-goal attempts.
Bostjan Nachbar contributed 14 points off the bench and rookie Sean Williams chipped in 12 points and seven boards for New Jersey, which saw a five-game win streak halted.
Charlotte used a 13-4 run to close the first quarter, and led 31-23 going to the second.
The Bobcats extended their lead to as many as 21 during the second before New Jersey ran off 10 unanswered to pull within 56-45. But Felton drained a three just before the half that pushed Charlotte's advantage back out to 14 points at the break.
A 15-8 spurt to cap the third pulled the Nets within 86-74 after trailing by as many as 19 earlier in the quarter.
A pair of free throws from Jason Collins pulled New Jersey within 10 with 9:41 to go in the game, but Charlotte quickly scored six straight - capped by a bucket inside from Okafor - and the Nets never got closer than 12 again.
"We've got to keep attacking teams the way we did tonight," said Felton. "We attacked them from the beginning until the end. That's why we were so successful."
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