spursfaninla
05-27-2007, 02:00 PM
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courtside/archives/2007/05/utahs_williams.html
May 27, 2007
Tom Orsborn: Utah's Williams misses practice
SALT LAKE CITY - A case of stomach flu prevented Utah's star point guard Deron Williams from practicing Sunday morning, a team spokesperson said.
Williams is listed as probable for Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals, set for 8 p.m. Monday. The Spurs hold a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.
Williams, who scored a game-high 31 points in the Jazz's 109-83 victory over the Spurs on Saturday night,
informed team trainers of the illness after he arrived at the club's training facility for practice.
"He was feeling sick, so they gave him something for it and sent him home," the spokesperson said. "He should be OK, but the thinking was, 'Why push it?' "
The Spurs held a four-point lead at halftime of Game 3, but Williams scored nine points and dished out three assists in the third period to help the Jazz outscore the Spurs 32-20 for a 75-67 lead entering the fourth.
Williams added nine more points in the final 12 minutes as Utah outscored the Spurs 66-36 in the second half. The 26-point loss was the Spurs' worst of the season.
"He's played some great basketball for us," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said of Williams, whose Game 3 performance also included a game-high eight assists, a game-high five steals, one block and only two turnovers in nearly 38 minutes
Whenever Jordan was sick, he played better. As long as you are not totally dehydrated, it might not be so bad; it makes you kind of annoyed, and so you might be more aggressive. On the other hand, if you feel low energy, then good luck.
If both Finley and Oberto are hurt, I'm afraid we are done; they have been too important to our overall team. We could recover from one of them being out, but both reduces the margin for error too greatly.
May 27, 2007
Tom Orsborn: Utah's Williams misses practice
SALT LAKE CITY - A case of stomach flu prevented Utah's star point guard Deron Williams from practicing Sunday morning, a team spokesperson said.
Williams is listed as probable for Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals, set for 8 p.m. Monday. The Spurs hold a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.
Williams, who scored a game-high 31 points in the Jazz's 109-83 victory over the Spurs on Saturday night,
informed team trainers of the illness after he arrived at the club's training facility for practice.
"He was feeling sick, so they gave him something for it and sent him home," the spokesperson said. "He should be OK, but the thinking was, 'Why push it?' "
The Spurs held a four-point lead at halftime of Game 3, but Williams scored nine points and dished out three assists in the third period to help the Jazz outscore the Spurs 32-20 for a 75-67 lead entering the fourth.
Williams added nine more points in the final 12 minutes as Utah outscored the Spurs 66-36 in the second half. The 26-point loss was the Spurs' worst of the season.
"He's played some great basketball for us," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said of Williams, whose Game 3 performance also included a game-high eight assists, a game-high five steals, one block and only two turnovers in nearly 38 minutes
Whenever Jordan was sick, he played better. As long as you are not totally dehydrated, it might not be so bad; it makes you kind of annoyed, and so you might be more aggressive. On the other hand, if you feel low energy, then good luck.
If both Finley and Oberto are hurt, I'm afraid we are done; they have been too important to our overall team. We could recover from one of them being out, but both reduces the margin for error too greatly.