From Deseret News archives:
Utah Jazz: Fisher would like to see his former team in second round
"I'm pulling for them in terms of those being my guys, guys that I'm close to," the Los Angeles Lakers' point guard said this week. "I still consider a lot of them friends, I want them to be successful. It's not because of the teams in terms of the basketball aspects or matchups."
The Lakers, who completed a sweep of the Denver Nuggets on Monday night, will face the winner of the Houston-Utah series in the second round. The Jazz lead the Rockets 3-2 entering Game 6 tonight in Salt Lake City.
Should the Jazz win, they'd face the Lakers on Sunday at the Staples Center to begin the second round. If the Rockets win, Game 7 of that series would be played Sunday in Houston, and the Lakers would face the winner Tuesday night in Los Angeles.
The Lakers have reached the second round for the first time since 2004, when they lost to the Detroit Pistons in the NBA finals to complete a dominating five-year era in which they won three championships.
Fisher was the feel-good story of the postseason last spring. He left the Jazz before Game 2 of the conference semifinals to go to New York, where his 10-month-old daughter, Tatum, was treated for a cancerous tumor in her left eye, but returned in the third quarter and scored all five of his points in overtime of Utah's 127-117 victory over Golden State.
Utah reached the conference finals before losing to eventual champion San Antonio. Fisher asked the Jazz to release him from his contract last summer so he could concentrate on finding the best medical care for his daughter, and that turned out to be in Los Angeles.
Fisher had a ready answer when asked if he might pull for the Jazz, even a little, in the second round.
"No, not even close," he replied.
Fisher was the only Laker to express a preference for the team's second-round opponent.
"No. Thanks for asking though," Jackson replied when the question was posed.
"We're hoping the Utah-Houston series goes seven games, three overtimes (in Game 7)," Lamar Odom said. "We want these teams to battle each other. At this time of year, it doesn't matter (who advances), we feel like we can beat anybody."
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