Deron-sanity, anyone? Nets point guard Deron Williams stole the show Monday night at Madison Square Garden, hitting a career-high eight three-pointers and scoring 38 points to lead the limping Nets to a 100-92 win over the red-hot Knicks.
Williams, widely considered one of the best point guards in the game, has been pretty much forgotten in the tri-state area in the last few weeks because of the sudden explosion of Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin. Monday night, Williams looked determined to show a sellout crowd just how good he is. He outplayed Lin and everyone else on the floor before fouling out with 3:07 remaining.
How dominant was Williams? In the third quarter, he scored 10 points in 45 seconds -- a four-point play and two more three-point baskets -- to give the Nets a 75-59 lead. After three quarters, he had 36 points. "I definitely had this one circled," Williams said. "Lin-sanity started on me."
Williams was on hand for the birth of Lin-sanity 16 days earlier when Lin came off the bench to score 25 points and lead the Knicks to a comeback victory over the Nets. In that game, Lin, a virtually unknown fourth-string point guard, outplayed Williams. Entering Monday night's game, he had led the Knicks to eight victories in nine games and drawn nationwide attention.
Williams said it was hard to read Twitter after that game. "Every three lines was Jeremy Lin destroys Deron Williams," he said. "I definitely took offense to that . . . I watched the tape and I didn't feel like I got destroyed."
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