European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 27 Fisher helps jazz rally in overtime guard late after daughters treatment for cancer by Doug Alden the associated press Salt Lake City nobody would have faulted Derek Fisher if he had missed game 2 of the Western conference semifinals against the Golden state War Fishers 10month old daughter had just undergone a three hour combination of surgery and chemotherapy for a potentially fatal form of Eye cancer in new he spent the whole Day at the Hospital and had to Fly Back to Utah in time for wednesdays so it would have been understandable if Veter an guard that Utah picked up in a Trade last summer to add a Leader to a inexperienced roster said he just  make not theres not enough that can be said about him and what he did utahs Deron will iams Fisher scored All five of his Points in overtime of utahs 127117 Victory Over the warriors after missing almost the first three he didst arrive until the third Quarter and didst even take time to stretch before coach Jerry Sloan put him in the who lost his first wife to pancreatic cancer nearly three years had left one of the 12 Active roster spots open when Fisher called earlier in the Day to say he would make it if he there were no they kept me on the Active they didst have to do Fisher Fishers dramatic Entrance in the third Quarter going straight from the locker room into the game his three Pointer in Over time on his Only shot of the night and his disclosure after the game about the family illness that kept him from the series opener Over shadowed everything else that happened the jazz blew a 12point then rallied to Force the overtime after Golden state missed three crucial free throws Down the stretch and Williams was Able to tie it with a jumper just before the end of Baron Davis had 36 Points and seven and Jason Richard son scored 27 for the Carlos Boozer had 30 Points and 13 rebounds and Andrei Kirilenko finished with 20 six nine rebounds and five assists after being called on for emergency Point guard duty be cause Williams was out with foul trouble and Rookie Dee Brown injured his neck when teammate Mehmet Okur landed on and All at least from the could talk about was what fish is going through is unbearable for a lot of Boozer he didst have to be for him to be the fans appreciate we appreciate his presence is definitely it want until after the game that Fisher went Public with How serious 10monthold Tatums condition she has retin Oblas a cancerous tumor in her left Eye that Fisher said could have been fatal if they haunt got ten it treated we Are still not out of the Woods Here for another two or three but for now every thing is Fisher my girl is doing Fisher said he expects to be available for the rest of the on he was scheduled to Complete his Cross country trip by flying with the jazz to Oak where game 3 will be played Browns playing status will de Pend on How Hes Okur landed on who nearly a foot and sprained his Brown was taken to a Hospi Tal As a precaution and listed As the 6foot Rookie who attempted to take a charge from Matt bar nes and had the 6footll Okur land on him in the Brown was helped from the court and with Fisher still in Utah had just 10 Fisher missed most of the first three then ran straight from the Tunnel onto the court late in the third period to a stand ing ovation and a few High fives and hugs from As we As Golden states Utah had to rally to Force the overtime after Golden state went on a 121 run late in the fourth Steve utahs Derek Fisher walks off the court after the jazz Defeated the Golden state warriors 127117 in overtime wednesday the warriors missed six free throws in the fourth three in the final 16 of that one we gave Davis we gave that away and it it Hurt a the warriors got the jazz to play an uptempo game again two Days after Utah outlasted Golden state 116112 in the series the warriors forced 23 turn but were again badly outre and was just 26for37 from the foul the free throw betrayed it was right warriors coach Don Nelson Aba scoreboard playoffs quarterfinals bestows even Eastern conference Detroit Chicago Detroit Chicago 69 Detroit Chicago Detroit leads series 20 thursday Detroit at Chicago sunday Detroit at Chicago tuesday Chicago at May 17 Detroit at May 21 Chicago at Cleveland new Jersey Cleveland new Jersey Cleveland new Jersey Cleveland leads series 20 saturday Cleveland at new Jersey monday Cleveland at new Jersey wednesday new Jersey at May 18 Cleveland at new May 20 new Jersey at Western conference Phoenix san Antonio san Antonio Phoenix 106 Phoenix san Antonio series tied 11 May 12 Phoenix at san Antonio monday Phoenix at san Antonio wednesday san Antonio at Phoenix May 18 Phoenix at san May 20 san Antonio at Utah Golden state Utah Golden state 112 Utah Golden state Utah leads series 20 Friday Utah at Golden state sunday Utah at Golden state tuesday Golden state at May 17 Utah at Golden 20 Golden state at necessary wednesday jazz warriors 117 of Golden state Richardson 920 47 Barnes 312 Biedrina 1122 Jackson 418 810 Davis 1322 67 Harrington Ellis Pietrus 1103 to tals 3890 2637 Utah Kirilenko 718 67 Boozer 914 1214 Okur 915 23 Jiricek 35 22 Williams 613 45 Brown 12 00 har 8ring 38 00 Millsap 59 00 Brewer 22 0 4 Fisher 11 22 totals 4687 2833 Golden state 31 27 31 24 4117 Utah 28 35 27 23 14127 three Point goal Golden state 1540 Richardson Davis Harrington bar nes Jackson Utah 716 Okur Jiricek Fisher Williams Harpring Brown Kirilenko fouled out rebound Golden state 42 bar nes Utah 67 Okur assist Golden state 15 Davis Utah 31 Williams total foul Golden state Utah tech Aba Calendar May 22draft june 7 Aba finals Start Date possibly june june 18 Aba draft Early entry entrant withdrawal june 21 Aba finals latest possible end june 28 Aba new study Aba sets record for minority league office by Travis Reed the associated press when it comes to handling race in nobody does it bet Ter than the so says a new study released wednes Day that found the Aba had the highest Ever percentages of minority vice presi dents and league office personnel in mens sports history and 34 respect the study was conducted by the Institute for diversity and ethics in sport at the University of Central the findings follow a separate report last week from a University of Pennsylva Nia professor and a Cornell graduate Stu Dent concluding White referees called fouls against Black players at a higher rate than they did against White uhf researcher Richard who specializes in diversity in said his report focuses on the bigger picture who getting top Aba not whether unconscious racial Bias could affect the fifteen percent of Aba team vice presi dents were 3 Points higher than last according to this most recent study that used data from the 200607 sea thirty four percent of professionals in the league office were a 2point the Aba also has the Only Black cos and presidents in professional the cos Are Terdeman Dallas Maver icks Fred Charlotte bobcats Steve new York kicks and Billy Philadelphia the presidents Are Joe Dumars with the Detroit pistons and Isiah Thomas with the new York about 79 percent of Aba players were the proportion of Black players jumped two Points from last year to 75 per amounting to 330 while Lati no players remained constant at 3 percent 13 there were 91 White slipping a Point for the second straight year to 21 percent of the the Aba also had 12 Black head the Best in pro sports and 40 percent of the leagues the league has far More Black coaches across its history than any other compared with 25 for major league baseball the second est not All the news in the report was Ster the percentage of women in the league office dipped for the third straight Down 2 Points to 39 percent the study said it was the highest total in mens pro 2007 vow Rabbit 2dr base Hatchback manual military 2007 Vejetta Sedan 4dr base manual your Volkswagen Check 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