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Utah Jazz: Iranian team finds support at Revue

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By Jody Genessy, Deseret News

Published: Tuesday, July 22 2008 12:05 a.m. MDT

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By the hundreds, they sported red and green clothes and face paint, waved their country's flags and posters, and stomped, clapped, chanted and cheered for their nation's best players.

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Iran gave its supporters plenty to cheer about early on, building an 11-point first-quarter lead. The Jazz, however, used a 15-0 spurt in the second quarter to seize control of the game — though not the crowd.

Hiram Fuller, who sparked Utah in the second quarter, led the Jazz with 11 points, Almond had 10 and 10 other players scored at least four.

In Monday's other Revue games:

DALLAS 84, SAN ANTONIO 77: Gerald Green, Boston's first-round draft choice in 2005, scored a game-high 27 points and shot 8-of-15 as the Mavericks improved to 2-1. Green has been Dallas' top scorer in all three of its Revue games, averaging 20.7 points per game. George Hill, San Antonio's first-round pick this year, led the Spurs with 18.

GOLDEN STATE 101, NEW JERSEY 84: Undrafted George Tech guard Anthony Morrow led the Warriors with 23 points and shot 10-of-18 from the field in Golden State's Revue opener. Free agent Julius Hodge, who has played briefly for Denver and Milwaukee, led New Jersey with 20 points. Undrafted Utah State product Jaycee Carroll started and played 19 minutes for the Nets, but had just two points on 1-of-7 field shooting.

ATLANTA 74, D-LEAGUE AMBASSADORS 70: Former Cleveland, Los Angeles Clippers, Toronto and Miami swingman Luke Jackson shot just 1-of-8 from the field but hit 10-for-12 from the free-throw line to lead the Hawks with 13 points off the bench.


E-mail: jody@desnews.com

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Jazz, Jazz, Jazz

God-bless the Utah Jazz and their kind hearts. This is a touching tale, considering the political strife between our two nations. It is good to see all feelings laid aside and the warm greeting for our Iranian brothers.

  • 1:42 a.m. July 22, 2008
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CoolGesture

The Persian people are a noble and goodly bunch. I am glad that the Jazz made this kind and heart-warming gesture. I hope the Iranians do well and I hope eventually they can get rid of their psychotic leaders and restore freedom and prosperity to More..

  • 8:11 a.m. July 22, 2008
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wayne

not living in utah the past several years, I do not get a lot of jazz coverage. This artical got me confused, am I reading the human interest section or the sports section. this was a great human interest story but I want my sports and Jazz coverage. More..

  • 8:11 a.m. July 22, 2008
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Jody is a sports writer who covers the Utah Jazz for the Deseret News (yeah, rough life). He also writes about his fitness/health journey and triathlon exploits in his "Losing It!" column. He has been with the paper since more ..

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