Bell hit with a flagrant for smacking a Sonic

SEATTLE — The last time Jazz guard Raja Bell was charged with a flagrant, for his foul last week on Denver Nuggets point guard Andre Miller, it was rescinded by the NBA.

Perhaps his latest will be, too.

Bell was hit with a type-1 flagrant by referee Bob Delaney for a foul on Rashard Lewis, who was racing toward the basket for an otherwise uncontested layup during the second quarter of Utah's Wednesday-night visit to Seattle.

A type-1 flagrant — the lesser of two degrees of flagrants — is called for "unnecessary contact committed by a player against an opponent," according to NBA rules.

Bell did make contact with Lewis' head — but only after he managed to block the ball out of Lewis' hands, and only after the Sonics star had raised the ball above his head.

Before Wednesday, Bell had accumulated three flagrant points this season. If the Lewis flagrant is not rescinded, Bell would have to serve a one-game suspension should he pick either two more type-1 flagrants or one type-2 flagrant.

BROTHERS UPDATE: Referee Tony Brothers was released from LDS Hospital on Wednesday, one day after being taken there complaining of chest pains and shortness of breath during the fourth quarter of the Jazz's Tuesday-night win over the Washington Wizards. Brothers returned home to Virginia, a Jazz spokesperson said Wednesday afternoon.

HAPPY CAMPER: Ex-Jazz starting shooting guard DeShawn Stevenson, traded to the Magic in a deadline-day deal that brought new Jazz starting shooting guard Gordan Giricek to Utah last month, sounds quite content in Orlando.

"I love it here. I love playing with Tracy (McGrady)," Stevenson told the Orlando Sentinel for a story published earlier this week. "I love the organization, the way they handle things."

Also high on the list of Stevenson, a restricted free agent in the offseason who hopes the Magic retain him: Coach Johnny Davis.

"(Jazz) Coach (Jerry) Sloan's a screamer," Stevenson told the Sentinel. "Coach Davis, he's cool."

Davis and the Magic sound equally enthralled with Stevenson, whom the Jazz drafted straight out of high school in 2000.