<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">MIAMI ? Heat guard Jason Williams, who might be Miami's most reliable three-point shooter, is close to posing a big problem for coach Pat Riley. "I would say at the end of the games if you went back and charted Jason Williams making shots in the last four minutes he's one of the best at making open shots," Riley said. "So you've got to have him on the court. While everybody says you've got take him off the court because it's a defensive thing, what do I do at the other end?" That's the rub of Williams shooting a career-best 38.2 percent on three-pointers as well as a career-best 45.2 percent from the field. It's often more convenient for Riley to have guard Gary Payton on the court for defense late in games, or to even have forward Antoine Walker out there for shooting. But entering Wednesday's game, Williams' scoring average (13.1 points per game), three-point percentage and field-goal percentage stacked up with Walker (12.2 ppg, 43.2 FG percentage, and 35.4 three-point percentage) and Payton (8.5 ppg, 45.3 and 35.4). And if Williams, whose scoring average is the second-best in his eight-year career, continues making clutch plays the way he did against Charlotte, there might be no way to keep him off the court. He was 10-for-19 from the field, including 4-for-8 on three-pointers, and tied his season high with 24 points. Williams, who efficiently runs the offense with 5.2 assists and just 1.89 turnovers per game, tied the Charlotte game at 98 with a three-pointer off a jump ball with 45 seconds left in regulation. He had 13 points in the fourth quarter, and they were needed because Dwyane Wade was out for the second consecutive game with a sprained wrist. Washington coach Eddie Jordan said he's wary of Williams shooting off the dribble. "That's when he hurts you," Jordan said. "He can shoot the three off the pick and roll, which a lot of guys don't do. And then there's the occasional catch and shoot." In the first six games after the All-Star break, Williams shot 50 percent from the field (43-for-85) and averaged 16.6 points. "I'm not surprised at all," Jordan said. "He's a basketball junkie. He loves to play and he loves to hit you with daggers. That's what he is."</div> Source
