<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">After badly bruising his pelvis in the Jazz's second game of the preseason, in a meeting with the same opponent his new team faces tonight, veteran guard Derek Fisher had hoped to play in at least one more exhibition before the regular season gets under way next Wednesday. Those plans, however, apparently have been dashed. Fisher, a Jazz spokesman said late Wednesday, will not play in Utah's preseason finale tonight vs. Indiana at the Delta Center. "I'm not 100 percent," Fisher, acquired in an offseason trade with Golden State, said prior to working out Wednesday. "That doesn't mean I can't play, but I think the fear here is that (due to) the location of the injury ... if you push it now, and it turns into something that lingers and becomes chronic throughout the season, that does none of us any good." Fisher took part in about 45 minutes' worth of stretching and warm-up drills Wednesday, but the Jazz did hold a full practice. "Often times injuries to the back lead to other injuries," Fisher added. "That's what you want to avoid." Fisher does, however, continue to eye the Jazz's opener against the Houston Rockets as a hopeful return date.</div> <div align="center">Source</div>
