NEW YORK — Some impure thoughts before they become outdated or suppressed:
Deron Williams may be the NBA's premier playmaker but he sure missed the point when it counted against the Knicks. For someone who's supposed to deliver the Nets from evil, his distribution decisions were appalling with the score tied 114-114.
Three straight times, beginning at the 2:34 mark, as Chauncey Billups and Carmelo Anthony combined for three misses, he put the ball in the hands of a long distance jump shooter — Travis Outlaw in the right corner, Anthony Morrow from three and his own, beyond the arc — and made no effort to get the ball down low to Brook Lopez.