Nets Putting New Jersey Behind Them EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - As the Nets were having their final team picture taken before the franchise moves to Brooklyn, the official photographer said something that could have resonated with many at the team's practice facility: The Nets posing for their last team picture in New Jersey. Of the 15 players photographed, six were battling injuries. Kris Humphries, left, being interviewed during the Nets" team photo session. The team will move to Brooklyn next season. Three or four more, and we're done. The Nets have four games remaining before they clean out their lockers and say goodbye to New Jersey. Two of those games are at Prudential Center in Newark, a building that will go down as a footnote in the Nets" 35-year history in the Garden State, a pit stop more about transition than memories. Not pictured were seven players no longer on the roster, most of whom played because of mounting injuries to the regulars. Although the Nets will play in Brooklyn starting this fall, they will continue to practice here at PNY Center for a certain period of time. In the media room at PNY Center, the past is still visible. A collage depicting Nets players rested on the wall, perpendicular to a dry-erase board still showing February's schedule. Basketball cards from the early 1990s of players like Tate George and Chris Morris, who etched "trade me" on his sneakers, were prominent, along with more memorable photographs, like one of a young Shaquille O'Neal ripping the basket down at the Meadowlands, the shot clock crashing onto his head. But any excitement brought about by that image was tempered by the reality that one Net in the background, Dwayne Schintzius, died on Sunday at 43 after battling leukemia. Jayson Williams, the charismatic former center, was released from Rikers Island two days earlier after serving eight months for driving while intoxicated. After team pictures were taken, Coach Avery Johnson praised the effort of his players during Monday's 101-98 loss to the Miami Heat in which the Nets led for all but the final 51 seconds. He said the Nets had "looked like a high school team" in previous games against the Heat. The crowd and atmosphere at the game reflected why the move to Brooklyn might be necessary. The Nets tried to celebrate their own players, but a fireworks display during introductions went awry and the teams played the first few minutes in a foggy haze. When the game began, the Nets were mostly ignored while LeBron James was serenaded with an "M.V.P." chant. When he scored the Heat's last 17 points, Prudential Center sounded as if it were a northern version of South Beach. The loss to the Heat came after large swaths of Boston Celtics fans took their turn dominating Prudential Center on Saturday night. With the Knicks in town on Wednesday, more of the same is expected. Asked about playing the Celtics, the Heat and the Knicks in a row at home, Deron Williams said: "We have three road games in a row coming up. But we play better on the road, so maybe it'll work to our advantage. Seated courtside at the Heat game, Jay-Z, the Nets" minority owner and a Brooklyn native, might have felt out of place. He once put down foes by rapping, "We don't believe you, you need more people." With New Jersey almost in their rearview mirror, the Nets are hoping they can find a following in Brooklyn.