BROOKLYN – Jason Kidd was not in the building when the Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks met for the first time ever at Barclays Center on Monday night. Dealing with back spasms, Kidd couldn’t make the trip across the bridge. But Deron Williams was there, and he had a little Kidd in his game on this night, leading the Nets to a 96-89 overtime victory with a season-high 14 assists. Williams admired Kidd growing up in Dallas, and when it comes to size and strength at the point guard position, there’s certainly a comparison to be made. But skill-wise, they’re pretty different. And when it comes to making brilliant, how-did-he-see-that-angle passes that set up teammates for easy buckets, nobody in the post-Magic era compares to Kidd. On Monday, though, Williams had that (no pun intended) magic in his hands. When he needs to shoot the ball, those hands have been failing Williams of late. Dealing with injuries to his wrist and elbow, he shot just 6-for-17 on Monday and has made just four of his last 25 3-point attempts. His numbers were far from overwhelming on Monday. But the vision Williams showed — he had as many assists as the Knicks had as a team — more than made up for the errant shots. It was a close to a Kidd-like performance as you’re going to see from another point guard. Eight of Williams’ 14 dimes were for buckets in the restricted area — high-percentage looks that helped the Nets accumulate 48 points in the paint in what was an offensive struggle at times. Williams found Brook Lopez in transition, Gerald Wallace cutting backdoor, Lopez rolling to the rim and Kris Humphries under the basket for an easy dunk. He even had one pass that was so good that Reggie Evans (17 field goal attempts in 239 minutes this season) had no choice but to put the ball in the basket. A couple of Williams’ assists came on simple passes around the perimeter, but most were difficult, thread-the-needle dimes through traffic — the kind of highlights that Kidd would be proud of. “He gift wraps buckets for me,” Lopez said afterward. “He makes my job so much easier.” Perhaps, until he’s healthy and his shots are falling, Williams needs to be more of a distributor. He certainly has enough talent around him where he doesn’t need to carry much of the scoring load. And he also has the size to take point guards into the post and pick defenses apart from the low block, where many of his assists came from on Monday. The atmosphere at Barclays Center for the first Brooklyn-New York game was electric. And though the winner of the game was not given a key to the city, it did have importance beyond the standings on Tuesday morning. Both these teams feel like they belong behind the Heat on the Eastern Conference contender list. And it’s games like this that will get them there. It was one of 82, but Williams wasn’t afraid to admit that this one was a little special. And though Carmelo Anthony (35), Tyson Chandler (28) and Lopez (22) were the game’s leading scorers, it was Williams who made the biggest impact. “Deron is a big-stage player,” Nets coach Avery Johnson said. “He really dominated the game.” Knicks-Nets was always Kidd’s showcase. When he played in these games for New Jersey, he owned the Knicks and Madison Square Garden. The Nets were 23-4, including a postseason sweep in 2004, against New York with Kidd in uniform. He was (and still is) a special player on any given night, but you always got Hall-of-Fame-level Jason Kidd when the Knicks were the opponent. Knicks-Nets has a whole new feel to it now that it’s a borough-vs-borough affair, and now that Kidd is wearing the blue and orange. And maybe it’s Williams’ time to make an impact on the rivalry. He got off to a pretty good start on Monday. 這是之前取勝尼克的外電 那時候點了忘了看今天剛補完XD 大致翻譯: 生長於達拉斯的小胖子視老基為偶像 兩人因身材力量關係也因此常被相提並論 不過兩人的球風實際上並不同 老基大概是後魔術時代最會妙傳的PG 但在對尼克的比賽 小胖子傳出了堪比擬老基 彷彿老基重現的比賽 特別是許多對於禁區的傳球 讓籃網在禁區有許多得分 羅哥說小胖子的傳球讓他進攻變的簡單 小將軍說小胖子是打大比賽的統治球員 小胖子後續因為他的手肘跟腳傷 可能會繼續擔任鐵匠的職務 但或許會因此有更多的傳球 他有那個天賦 又能進低位製造傳球空間 而且在現在這支球隊 有許多人可以得分 應該不用再一天到晚靠他得分 後續講了老基在籃網的豐功偉業 還有籃網尼克掀起的紐約新氣象 -- 順序可能有點混在一起 讀完概番的讀後感 但大意都沒有照著文意 大家加減參考囉:) --

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