"I played with Raja Bell in Utah and I take a lot of things from him," Stevenson added. "He (Bell, now with Phoenix) is a great defender. Sometimes you gotta do that with (stars). Those guys play guys that are scared of them all day, so sometimes you gotta get under their skin and talk some trash."

MISC.: Williams did a photo shoot Thursday night for Dime, a magazine popular with NBA players that is devoted to "the basketball lifestyle." The publication plans to feature the Jazz point on an early May cover ... Boston, along with Portland and Houston one of just three teams to beat the Jazz in Utah this season, lost by double-digits for just the second time this season. The other team to do it: Charlotte ... Beyond puffiness under his right eye, Williams said he had a headache as a result of the flagrant foul committed on him by Boston big man Kedrick Perkins. "It'll be black by (today)," teammate Carlos Boozer said of Williams' bruise . "Black, blue, purple, rainbow colors."

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