"The Nets will be down a man when they face the Pacers in Indianapolis tomorrow.

After re-injuring his right knee in a fall early in the third quarter of last night's 94-73 loss to the Raptors at Prudential Center, DeShawn Stevenson told The Post he won't be making the trip.

"Somebody tripped me up, and I fell on my knee," said Stevenson, who went scoreless in just over 12 minutes.

When Stevenson left the game, the Nets said he was likely to return with a bruised right knee, and he played for less than two minutes in the fourth quarter before returning to the bench again."