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Deron Williams scores 24 points to lead Jazz over Pacers 97 84

Deron Williams had 24 points to lead the Utah Jazz to a 97-84 victory over the Indiana Pacers in a pre-season game Saturday night.

Despite the win, Utah (1-1) may have suffered a big blow as starting guard Derek Fisher left the game early in the first quarter after falling hard to the ground on a drive to the basket. Fisher came down on his back and head and was taken to the hospital for X-rays on his pelvis.

Al Harrington had 22 points and Jermaine O'Neal scored 17 to lead the Pacers (1-1), who were missing a number of players due to injuries.

Pacers guard Stephen Jackson didn't start Saturday's game but played off the bench. The 28-year-old had missed the team's opening pre-season game after he was arraigned Thursday on a felony charge of criminal recklessness and misdemeanour counts of battery and disorderly conduct as a result of an incident at an Indianapolis strip club last week.

Jackson was booed several times by the crowd.

He made his first appearance of the pre-season with 3:13 left in the first quarter and finished the game with six points in 23 minutes.

O'Neal was also making his pre-season debut against the Jazz. He missed Wednesday's 103-89 victory over New Jersey after attending a court date in Michigan in a lawsuit stemming from the brawl with Detroit Pistons fans two years ago.

Utah, which took a 21-19 lead into the second quarter, used a 9-0 run to go ahead 30-21 in the first quarter. Indiana cut the deficit to four late in the quarter following a pair of Jackson free throws, but a Dee Brown three-pointer at the buzzer gave the Jazz a 43-37 halftime lead.

Utah took its biggest advantage, 70-56, after Williams' layup with more than three minutes left in the third quarter.

Indiana was playing without Maceo Baston (sore foot), Marquis Daniels (sore hamstring), John Edwards (sore groin) and Orien Green (broken finger).

Utah was without forward Andrei Kirilenko (sore lower back).


© The Canadian Press, 2007

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