Kirilenko Reflects On Emergency Point Guard Role

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › May 13, 2007

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BERKELEY, Calif. -- With starting point guard Deron Williams and backup point Derek Fisher both in foul trouble, and No. 3 point Dee Brown out injured, forward Andrei Kirilenko wound up running the point for much of the opening half in the Jazz's Game 3 loss to Golden State on Friday night.

Saturday, Kirilenko -- who hasn't operated the point full-time since he played as a teenager in his native Russia -- ran over what, with the benefit of hindsight, he would have done differently.

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Kirilenko Reflects On Emergency Point Guard Role

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