The New Jersey team referred to in the crossword solution is the NETS, a professional basketball team based in Brooklyn, New York. The team was originally founded in 1967 as the New Jersey Americans and played in Teaneck, New Jersey until 1977 when they moved to the PNC Park in New Jersey. They were then known as the New Jersey NETS until 2012 when they moved to Brooklyn and changed their name to the Brooklyn NETS.