Knowing coach Avery Johnson gives his team a day, if they won, Williams took matters into their own hands and scored a franchise record 57 points to lead New Jersey Nets 104-101 victory on Sunday night at Charlotte.
"I had a 11:39 tee time, so I had to make sure that I wanted to do it," said Williams, an avid golfer. "So I would like to contribute."
Networks should be at almost every point they can get from Williams, to fend off pesky Bobcats, which resulted in no fewer than 16 in the first half.
"The first half was pretty pathetic," said Williams.
Williams, 17 points in the first half before the eruption of 22 in the third quarter to help fight back from a deficit of web break at eight points and take the initiative. He added 18 points in the fourth quarter, including a keyframe at the end of the game to give the four points of networks.
Johnson called the incredible effort of Williams.
"He was really focused," Johnson said. "He was well rested. He did a lot of shots today at our mini-practice, and he postponed the game tonight. We went back and forth on whether to have a shootaround this morning, and we chose to stay. And it was pretty cool . "
Williams eyes grew a little wider when he realized that in the early stages Bobcats did not have a double teaming him out of selection and rollers.
This is something that he had not seen all season.
"I'm used to getting double-team them," Williams said. "It's kind of refreshing not to be."
57 points best in the NBA this season and beat the networks' club record of 52 shared the previous Mike Newlin and Ray Williams.
This is the second points against the Bobcats, a less than 58 Kobe Bryant in 2006.
Williams, who averaged 21.7 points came and shot 16 of 29 fields, and then all 21 of his free throws. He made an attempt to skip a line, but Bobcats were called to the bar violations and Williams got into one more chance.
Williams said he was somewhat surprised when a teammate told him he had 39 points by the end of the third quarter, three shy of his personal career best set April 6, 2010, against Oklahoma City.
"You really do not mind it," Williams said. "It's just one of those games where you start to feel good and let him go."
Sheldon Williams team added: "When someone knocks, so you want to continue right until it dries. He never did today. "
However, not everything went right to the networks in this night that starting center Brook Lopez rolled his right ankle and left the locker room on crutches. Lopez, who made his debut in the season Feb. 19 after a lack of network 'first 32 games while recovering from a broken right leg was X-ray, but it will be a reassessment on Monday, according to Johnson.
"It's a difficult situation for him, especially coming back from the position of his feet," Johnson said. "We'll check it out tomorrow. We'll know more when we know."
Later, coach Paul Silas Bobcats did not apologize for the approach his team in the defense of Williams.
"You can do two things: you can try to stop him twice, and let the other players, who each opened fan or detention," said Silas. "I thought that this is basically what kept us in the game. Nobody did anything (for them). He gave us a chance."
Corey Maggette had 24 points and Gerald Henderson added 15 Bobcats, who have lost five straight and 21 of 22.
Williams did almost everything right, adding six rebounds and seven assists. He also convert a set of four points after the contaminated then shoot 3-pointer from the wing.
With leading 96-94 with 1:04 networks remaining, Chris Humphreys missed two free throws, but Sheldon Williams was a key dynamic recovery and called timeout. Deron Williams hit a big jumper to give the networks of four points and Sheldon Williams followed by converting a three-point play on the pass from Jordan Farmar enough.
Bobcats will reduce the lead to two with 3.5 seconds left, but Brooks MarShon canceled one of two free throws with 1.7 seconds left. Bobcats have a last chance to tie the game, but Augustine off-balance 20-foot lift, do not touch the rim.
"We did not give up," said Silas. "It was a great thing. Over the last 1.7 seconds, we did not perform particularly well this game. But we had a chance. It shows me that we have here. Of course, this does not exist yet. But we want to achieve. On At least we do not just give up and allow teams to just run over us. If we continue to do so, we will be okay. "
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