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Derek Fisher scored all five of his points in overtime, ,
sparking the Utah Jazz to a thrilling 127-117 victory over the pesky Golden
State Warriors on Wednesday night for a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference
semifinal playoff series.
"It's been an unbelievable day, I'm speechless,"
Fisher said. "My teammates and coach welcomed me with open arms. I
appreciate the trust."
Hours before gamer, Fisher’s daughter underwent successful
surgery for a rare form of eye cancer. Fisher arrived in Utah midway through the third-quarter.
Minutes later, he made an uplifting appearance. "As soon as he got in the
arena, he went right to the scorer's table, checked in and played great
"D," said teammate Deron Williams. "The one shot he took was a
three that was the dagger.
"There's not enough that can be said about what he did
tonight. I gave him the player of the game."
The Jazz will travel to Oakland to play the next two games Friday and
Sunday in the best of seven series.
"We did a lot of things we wanted to do and did them
well enough to win, but unfortunately the lack of the free throw beat us,"
Warriors coach Don Nelson said. "All we had to do was make them and we
didn't do it. In this big game it bit us in the behind."
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