"Two nights ago, after the Nets did something they rarely have done this season, win a close game, Deron Williams was shouting the new motto he has proposed for the team — "I love it" — about virtually everything. It was, he claimed, an effort to drive away negativity from the team.

So after Wednesday's 97-90 overtime road upset of the 76ers, Williams proclaimed that he loved everything.

A close victory, mistakes that were overcome, four wins in eight games, creamed liver on raisin toast, Williams loved it.

OK, maybe not the creamed liver, but you get the idea. The Nets are trying to stay upbeat, embracing all the positives they can find in what has been an undeniably tough first month of the season. So they hope to ride the effect of the win in Philadelphia into tonight's meeting with the Cavaliers that could feature the league's top two rookie scorers, Cleveland's No. 1 overall pick, Kyrie Irving (16.8 points per game), and the Nets' impressive 23 years and a day old rookie, MarShon Brooks (15.4 ppg)."