So I heard pretty quick that Avery Johnson got fired as the coach of the Nets.
The Nets (28-19) are on a 14-5 run since Avery Johnson was replaced with P.
Brooklyn has been a different team since Carlesimo replaced Avery Johnson in late December.
"It's different, " said Carlesimo, who took over two days after that game when Avery Johnson was fired.
Carlesimo, who took over two days after that game when Avery Johnson was fired, said before the game.
Carlesimo, who was a Nets assistant until Avery Johnson was dismissed in December.
"I think he did a great job, " Williams said of Carlesimo, who took over for fired coach Avery Johnson in December.
Kris Humphries, the reserve power forward, has seen his playing time diminish to 21:53 under Carlesimo from 23:14 under Avery Johnson.
Carlesimo helped the Nets finish 49-33 after replacing the fired Avery Johnson in December, earning the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference.
The Nets were 14-14 when they fired coach Avery Johnson and promoted Carlesimo, who went 39-15 over the remainder of the regular season.
Carlesimo has received a lot of acclaim for turning the Nets almost completely around after he replaced the fired Avery Johnson Dec. 27.
This is the same Avery Johnson who was rewarded with the title of Eastern Conference coach of the month for the month of November.
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Carlesimo, who took over when Avery Johnson was fired Dec. 28.
Under Avery Johnson, they averaged 51 points in 105 minutes.
Both teams have room for improvement with Dallas hitting 44.% of their shots compared to Miami's 43.6% and Mavericks coach Avery Johnson admitted that it was a scrappy game.
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Carlesimo had sounded such a dire warning because the Nets had not lost two in a row since he replaced Avery Johnson as the Nets' coach on Dec. 27.
Ex-Nets coach Avery Johnson is one such example: He became the Dallas Mavericks' coach in 2004 after finishing his playing career with the Golden State Warriors the previous season.
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So Carlesimo, who helped the Nets win 49 games in their first season in Brooklyn after replacing the fired Avery Johnson in December, doesn't think their work is done yet.
Williams averaged 12.8 assists per game in his first few months in New Jersey, but as the rebuilding process continued, then-coach Avery Johnson asked Williams to sacrifice his assists for points.
Since he replaced Avery Johnson as coach Dec. 27, the five Nets on the floor have played a total of 2, 690 minutes, and Carlesimo monitors fluctuations in each number as carefully as a day trader.
Though the Nets gave general manager Billy King a contract extension last week, it is unknown if Carlesimo will be back after leading the Nets to a 35-19 mark after replacing the fired Avery Johnson in late December.
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