Joe Johnson hits game-winner in double overtime to bury the Pistons (VIDEO)

They don’t call him Iso Joe for nothing, kids. With the Nets really struggling to create offense once things got tight, Joe Johnson came to the rescue with multiple big buckets before hitting the really big one to finally put away a game Detroit Pistons team, 107-105 in double overtime.

There were a lot of takeaways for the Nets in this once, both good and bad. Brook Lopez looked rusty offensively in his return, but he was still able to log some solid minutes in his first game back. Gerald Wallace (25 points, 10 rebounds) was incredible on both ends of the floor, making huge defensive plays to supplement his trademark reckless forays to the rim. There were multiple times the Pistons would have put this game away had it not been for Wallace.

That’s the good. The bad? Deron Williams continued his struggles, and was exploited offensively by the Pistons’ legion of guards. Williams is a notorious slow starter — if you’ll recall, he did this last year as well — but many of his shot attempts aren’t even close right now. D-Will is shooting 38 percent from the field this year and 27 percent from the 3-point line (with 5.7 attempts a game), which puts him firmly in what I like to call, “Baron Davis territory.” To be fair, Williams does shoulder a lot of the load offensively and has to hoist a lot of attempts with very little time on the shot clock, but let’s call it like it is:  he’s not playing like a max player right now, or even a very good one. Williams was 7-of-17 with 6 assists and 5 turnovers, but was really an afterthought in the two overtime periods, which is telling of where he’s at right now.

Of course, that’s why the Nets have Joe Johnson (28 points), a player that can use his size and strength to get his shot off at anytime. Tayshaun Prince isn’t the defender he once was, but in a tie game thanks to some previous heroics from Wallace, some missed free throws, an easy putback by Kyle Singler, a blown backcourt no-call by the refs, and a myriad of other big plays and big mistakes, he found himself all alone on an island with Johnson.

After playing a game-high 52 minutes, Johnson must have wanted off that island pretty badly.  Here’s how he did it: