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Jazz notes
By Phil Miller
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated:12/18/2006 12:37:30 AM MST
INDIANAPOLIS - Even if Denver was trying to inflict extra pain
on the Knicks by keeping their starters in for the final minutes
on Saturday, Jerry Sloan doesn't believe brawling was the right
response.
"You want to be a policeman?" Sloan said. "I don't want that
job."
But once violence begins, even the threat of fines and
suspensions probably won't do much good, the coach said.
Five Knicks and five Nuggets were ejected after a hard foul by
Knicks guard Mardy Collins on Denver's J.R. Smith escalated into
a fight, and suspensions are expected for at least a few of those
involved.
"When you get out there on the floor, I never thought about
the money aspect when it happened," Sloan said of his playing days,
which included "at least two" fights. "The emotions get past it. . . .
But you just take your punishment and go on down the road."
Sloan said he was never even fined for his fights.
"Back then, who cared? We didn't have all the television.
There basically wasn't a record of it. . . . You got your butt
kicked and went home," he said. "It was acceptable more back then.
Now, you're going to be reprimanded."
That's probably good, the coach added. "I don't think it's
good for basketball," he said.
Knicks short-handed?
The basketball floor, not the boxing ring, will be set up
tonight in Madison Square Garden. Who shows up to play the Jazz
remains to be seen.
The NBA is expected to hand down punishments sometime today
for players who took part in the nasty brawl between the Nuggets
and Knicks, and suspensions are likely. A few among the group of Knicks
- guards Collins and Nate Robinson, and forwards David Lee,
Channing Frye and Jared Jeffries - may have to sit out.
"We won't talk about it until we know," Sloan said. "You go out
there thinking that, and the guy you thought wasn't going to play shows
up and kicks your butt. We're only concerned about getting ourselves ready."
Serving his purpose
Derek Fisher moved into the starting lineup two weeks ago when
opponents began confusing the Jazz with zone defenses. The veteran
validated that strategy on Sunday.
Fisher almost single-handedly trashed Indiana's zone during the
third quarter, after the defense seemed to fluster the Jazz in the first
half. The Pacers used the zone to trigger an 8-0 run in the second quarter,
but when they tried it again, Fisher turned into Super Shooter.
Off a screen, 20-footer. Boom. Pump-fake and step forward for another
20-footer. Swish. Fisher connected with four baskets on five Utah
possessions, and the Jazz's lead went from six to 21 over six minutes with
a 21-6 run.
"When you can shoot the basketball, there's no better feeling than
getting consecutive looks at the basket," Fisher said. "It's a great way
to stay in rhythm."
Briefly
Close to 200 Illinois basketball fans who drove the 100 miles from
Champaign, Ill., crowded close to the Conseco Fieldhouse court before
Sunday's game, and the Jazz's three Illini alum - Dee Brown, Deron Williams
and Roger Powell - waded into the mob and signed autographs and posed for
photos for 20 minutes or more. "That was crazy," Brown said proudly after
signing dozens of autographs. "The fan support is incredible. . . .
I just feel the love."
pmiller@sltrib.com
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