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Bobcats at Nets
7:30 p.m., Barclays Center
TV: SportSouth. Radio: WFNZ-AM 610
Projected Starters
| Bobcats | Nets | ||||
| Pos, Player | Ppg | Rpg | Pos, Player | Ppg | Rpg |
| G, K. Walker | 18.6 | 3.2 | G, D. Williams | 16.6 | 3.1 |
| G, G. Hendererson | 13.7 | 3.9 | G, J. Johnson | 17.0 | 3.1 |
| F, M. Kidd-Gilchrist | 10.8 | 6.3 | F, K. Bogans | 3.1 | 1.2 |
| F. H. Warrick | 4.9 | 2.6 | F, G. Wallace | 11.3 | 5.7 |
| C, B. Biyombo | 5.0 | 6.7 | C, B. Lopez | 17.4 | 7.0 |
Matchup to Watch
Deron Williams vs. Kemba Walker: Assuming Williams plays (he sat out the road loss in Milwaukee), he’s been a big problem for the Bobcats of late. He scored in the 50s in Charlotte last season and excels at dribble-penetration.
Observations
• Thursday morning the Nets fired coach Avery Johnson, after the Nets lost their 10th game in 13 tries. Quite a fall from grace after Johnson was named Eastern Conference coach of the month for November.
• Nets lead assistant P.J. Carlesimo will reportedly serve as interim coach.
• There was lots of dissatisfaction from Nets players. Williams indicated he didn’t like the offensive system and ex-Bobcat Gerald Wallace talked extensively after the Milwaukee loss about how the Nets were underachieving.
Tap-ins
• Bobcats shooting guard Ben Gordon, out the last three games wih a sore knee, practiced in five-on-five scrimmages at practice Thursday.
• Johnson was playing Wallace at power forward; no telling whether Carlesimo will move him back to small forward.
Did you know?
In his first start as a Bobcat, Hakim Warrick finished with 18 points and nine rebounds. Had he grabbed one more board, it would have been his first double-double since April of 2011. Rick Bonnell
