NETS vs. Timberwolves Game Center
April 5th, 2011
Williams hits game-winner with 1.7 seconds left
NEWARK, N.J.–Deron Williams capped a career-tying 21-assist performance by hitting a game-winning jumper with 1.7 seconds to play to lead the New Jersey Nets to a 107-105 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night.
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THE STAT: Williams registered his twenty-first assist with 9:20 remaining in the fourth quarter and he would have had more had teammates converted late. Along with the game-winning step-back, his other two biggest plays in crunchtime were another step-back jumper to put the Nets up 103-99 and a steal that led to Mario West splitting a pair of free throws.
TURNING POINT: After a wild last 1:28, Beasley missed a leaning 3-pointer from the wing that would have won the game.
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NETS NOTES Deron Williams now ranks 3rd on the NETS' all-time single-game assists list, trailing Kevin Porter (29) and Robert Pack (22). He also joins Rajon Rondo and Steve Nash as the only players to top 20 in a single game this season...Brook Lopez tallied the seventh 30-point, 10-rebound game of his career. The team is 6-1 in those games...Sasha Vujacic's 16-point, 10-rebound performance marked his first career double-double. He had previously pulled down eight boards on two separate occasions in seven seasons.
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LINE OF THE NIGHT
| ONCOURT | |
Deron Williams |
18 PTS, 21 AST Game-winning FG, 2 STL, 43 MIN |
| OFFCOURT | |
Avery Johnson |
To his guests, members of the New Orleans' Saints coaching staff, including head coach Sean Payton: "Who Dat?!" |
