Jazz guard Derek Fisher, who left the team before Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals, has been dealing with the discovery of a tumor between the eye and brain of his less than year-old daughter, The Salt Lake Tribune has learned.
Fisher was flying back to Salt Lake City and was placed on the active roster for Game 2 against the Golden State Warriors. The veteran guard was not expected to arrive in time for tipoff but all indications were that he would play.
The Jazz had excused Fisher for personal reasons from Monday's Game 1, Tuesday's practice and Wednesday's shootaround. Sources told the Tribune about Fisher's daughter's medical situation on condition of anonymity to respect Fisher's privacy.
Fisher is married and has four children, including infant twins Drew and Tatum. He originally learned about the situation last week, when he was excused from a shootaround, but said then he was waiting for all the information before discussing it publicly.
5 comments:
Paige I am so with you and I love that you post this 5 min after the game. I love fisher and what he has done for this awesome Utah JAZZ team. I started to cry when he walked out on the court just to see all the fans a wave of blue give him a standing ovation was so cool and just to think what he has been going through makes it incrediable. I was also crying durring the post game show when he talked about his daughter.I love fisher and just incase he looks at your blog everyday... WE LOVE YOU FISH, AND WERE PRAYING FOR YOUR FAMILY!
I totally think he checks my blog..Ha ha
Paige, sweet post. I had chills all over my body when he came out on the court. I LOVE him. And when he hit that 3?! I was ecstatic. I LOVE that you're a jazz fan. Why didn't any of your jazziness rub onto your sis?
wow.
Josh literally had tears in his eyes win he hit that three.....
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