Jason Kidd is expected to play when the New Jersey Nets host the Toronto Raptors for Game 3 of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff match-up.  He is nursing a sore knee.

"It's the playoffs. Jason Kidd is going to play. We hadn't even told our team," said Raptors' head coach Sam Mitchell. "We have basketball game to play and Jason Kidd is going to play."

There was some doubts about Kidd's' readiness for Friday night's game after he reported some swelling on his left knee Wednesday and missed the Nets practice to see a doctor in Manhattan.