04-03-2008, 11:55 AM
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BRILLIANT!
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Milestone For Deron Williams
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Most players at different positions have quirks, that one part of the game guaranteed to make them angry if it goes awry on a given night.
For big men, it's rebounding. They want to grab as many boards as possible. For shooting guards and small forwards, it's shooting percentage, because at those positions, a faulty jump shot is one of the quickest ways out of the NBA.
Point guards, on the other hand, absolutely can't stand to turn the ball over. It's the one thing they can't live with.
All of which brings this story to Utah's Deron Williams.
Williams, during Wednesday's 117-100 win over Minnesota, scored 19 points and handed out a game-high 14
assists, the latter of which places him fourth in franchise history. Yet those weren't his most impressive statistics. It's the one turnover that's eye-catching for any basketball purist. When he attempted to make an entry pass in the third quarter, only to see that pass intercepted for his one mistake, it ended a streak of 33 consecutive assists without a turnover. That's a staggering number in a league where a point guard with a 2-1 assist to turnover ratio is a well-paid player.
"I hate to turn the ball over," Williams said. "It's the first thing that I look at when the game is over. It had been a problem for us all season, so it's something that I've really wanted to cut down on."
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http://www.sltrib.com/Sports/ci_8792975
That's a very, very impressive stat. And congrats to him on 4th place in franchise history with the assists. Truly a special player in the league; scary that he's going to get better.
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Bleeding purple & gold...
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