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消息來源：http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660199377,00.html
By Tim Buckley
Deseret Morning News
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — If it weren't for injuries to a couple teammates,
Deron Williams might be the picture of health today.
Instead, the Jazz's starting point guard continues to be nagged by a
strained left groin muscle that has caused him to miss two of Utah's four
games since he initially was injured — and has his status for tonight's
visit to Memphis, the start of three-game road trip, in doubt.
Williams got hurt playing in the NBA's annual Rookie-Sophomore
Challenge game during All-Star Weekend earlier this month, and he sat out the
Jazz's first game after the break — a Feb. 20 loss to Portland.
The NBA's No. 2 assists-per-game leader this season returned to help
Utah beat Denver last Friday night, then planned to skip Saturday's home game
against Boston, the back end of a back-to-back set.
Until, that is, starting small forward Andrei Kirilenko bruised a knee
against the Nuggets and starting center Mehmet Okur came up with painful back
spasms that caused him to miss both Friday's game against the Nuggets and
Saturday's with the Celtics.
"I felt good the Denver game," Williams said. "I said I wasn't going to
play the Boston game, but when I saw A.K. and Memo weren't playing
(Saturday), I just thought I had to."
The result: a setback.
Williams said the muscle isn't torn, and he didn't necessarily
aggravate the strain by playing against the Celtics. But the injury still is
so painful he was unable to go in Monday's loss to the Los Angeles Lakers,
and he sat out practice Tuesday morning as well.
"When I woke up the next morning from the Denver game, it was sore. And
it was hurting pretty bad in the Boston game," he said. "Now, I just want to
rest it and make sure I'm 100 percent healthy."
Williams couldn't say for certain whether or not that means sitting out
tonight against the 15-43 Grizzlies.
And all Jazz coach Jerry Sloan knows for sure is that he doesn't want
the problem to be a recurring one that bothers Williams throughout March,
April and the playoffs beyond.
"We discussed it (Monday)," Sloan said. "We're gonna support him,
whatever he feels like doing. But if we continue to go out there, and then
off here, that gets old.
"He's got to try to get better," the Jazz coach added, "because those
groin injuries can be a lingering thing."
In the meantime, starting shooting guard Derek Fisher will prepare not
knowing for sure if he's going to open at point in place of Williams or in
his usual place at the 2 spot.
That's fine by Fisher, who got the call at point guard — with
ex-Grizzlies guard Gordan Giricek taking over as the off-guard — in the
Jazz's losses both at Portland and to the Lakers.
"Whenever I'm on the court, no matter what position I'm in, I'm just
trying to help us win the game," Fisher said. "Whatever plays I need to try
to make to do that, I'm willing to do it.
"It doesn't mean I'm going to be perfect, or try to compare myself to
Deron at all," he added. "I'm just trying to help us win."
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