Center Dikembe Mutombo may get another chance with the Nets tonight. Maybe. Possibly. But don't bet on it.

Mutombo, who has played three minutes while sitting seven of eight playoff games, may be called upon in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals against Detroit.

Aaron Williams, the backup to starter Jason Collins, was not at practice at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., yesterday because of family matters in Chicago.

Net coach Byron Scott was unsure if Williams would be back in time for the game, and reiterated Mutombo has sat because of the play of the guys ahead of him.