"Your team is up three, but 1.8 seconds remain on the clock and the other team has possession. Who do you want on the floor defending?

Some guy who has been with the team for less than half a day, right?

Well, that was exactly the case with Keith Bogans and the Nets last night. Bogans, signed earlier in the day, was re-inserted into the game for the final 19.3 seconds to bolster the Nets defense, which stood firm and preserved a 99-96 victory over Detroit last night at the Prudential Center.

"Yeah, I definitely was surprised to be on the floor," said Bogans, who got a guaranteed pro-rated veteran's minimum (about $600,000). "That shows coach has some confidence in me. It was defense, probably if it was offense, I probably wasn't going to be on the floor.""