Collins Wins Battle of Big Men

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    <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Jazz didn't win many battles Friday night.
    But Jarron Collins versus Danny Fortson?
    No contest.
    During Seattle's easy 106-90 win over Utah at the Delta Center, Collins finished with a season-high 13 points and three rebounds. He thoroughly outplayed and frustrated Fortson, who had four personal fouls and two technical fouls in only seven minutes.
    Eventually, Fortson was ejected in the fourth quarter.
    "Jarron did everything he could," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said. "He tried to put his body on guys. He tried to execute. He tried to do the right thing. But you need that from more than one or two guys."
    The Collins-Fortson wrestling match - though brief - provided one of the few highlights during an otherwise dreary game for the Jazz and their fans.
    With 10:29 left in the second quarter, Fortson picked up his first technical for throwing a forearm at Collins.
    Then, with 9:10 left in the game and Seattle owning a 94-74 lead, Fortson was called for a rebounding foul and his second technical after taking another swipe at Collins.
    The Sonics' veteran power forward was ejected by referee Mike Callahan, who probably did the enraged Fortson a big favor by turning and walking away from a potentially ugly confrontation. </div>

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