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Published on Thursday, May 08, 2008
By Ramona Shelburne
The timing is either incredibly meaningful or mere coincidence, depending on how one sees things.
Derek Fisher, normally a guy never lacking for an answer, or perspective, draws a blank on this one. Exactly one year ago today, Fisher played the game of his life on one of the worst days of his life.
In the morning, he was in New York, a father in a lonely hospital waiting room, just hoping to see his baby girl wake up from emergency surgery on her left eye for a rare form of cancer. By the end of the day, he was making a game-breaking 3-pointer in overtime to lead the Utah Jazz to victory in Game 2 of its Western Conference semifinal series against Golden State.
Today, he returns to the same court as a member of the Lakers for Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Jazz.
"I was just told that it was one year to the date the other day," he said. "Wow. That's pretty strange. It's amazing, actually. I don't know if I know quite what that is
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