In an iconic line from the movie “Airplane!,” the control tower supervisor played by Lloyd Bridges, when confronted with an impending disaster, quipped, “Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.”
Though he was facing a situation that was far from anything quite so comical, Nets coach Kenny Atkinson might have had a similar reaction a week ago when he looked ahead at his club’s schedule: It was the wrong week for the Nets to play without a pilot at point guard.
With starter Jeremy Lin still not cleared from the strained hamstring he incurred during a victory over Detroit on Nov.