Messaggioda divanorosa » 10/05/2007 - 13:43
Derek Fisher, sti cazzi...
He did so much more, capping a dramatic night by scoring all five of his points in overtime in Utah's 127-117 victory over Golden State on Wednesday night - a game Fisher nearly missed while returning from New York, where his baby daughter underwent cancer surgery.
"I don't know how I got through this tonight. I really don't,'' said Fisher, who hit his only shot, a 3-pointer.
The win and Utah's 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals were overshadowed by what Fisher did Wednesday. He had said Monday that one of his four children was ill, but did not go into detail on how serious it was other than to say he needed to be with his family instead of at the game Monday.
After the game Wednesday, he told how serious 10-month-old Tatum's condition was. She has retinoblastoma, a form of eye cancer that required a three-hour combination of surgery and chemotherapy at New York's Presbyterian Hospital.
"My daughter's doing well,'' Fisher said. "We had a successful operation in New York and I flew back and got off the plane and came to the game. I'm speechless.''