Suns’ Marion doesn’t remember taking fall
By Bob Baum
The Associated Press
PHOENIX — The replay of
Shawn Marion’s frightening fall,
his head violently bouncing off the
hardwood court, has been shown
over and over again on television.
The spectacular second-year for
ward, the NBA’s player of the week
last week, remembers none of it.
“I don’t remember falling. I don’t
remember nothing,” Marion said
after the Phoenix Suns’ practice on
Tuesday. “The first I heard about it
was when I saw it on TV. It was
crazy. I was like, ‘Man, I didn’t
know it was like that.’ I don’t like
watching it. I just look away.”
Marion sustained a Grade 3 con
cussion, the most severe type, and
a sprained right wrist when he
soared high for a rebound in the fi
nal minute of Phoenix’s 90-80 vic
tory over Utah and came down on
the back of the Jazz’s John Starks.
Marion said he doesn’t blame
Starks.
“I don’t think he had a feeling of
just how high I was up,” Marion
said. “... He’s a good guy. I don’t
think he did it on purpose.”
Suns coach Scott Skiles, who
initially thought it was a clean
play, isn’t so sure now.
“I’ve looked at it so many times
now, I know I don’t like it,” Skiles
said. “I feel like it could have been
prevented. I don’t feel like there
was enough time for a thought
process of ‘Hey, I’m going to un
dercut this guy.’ But I think he
could have not done it, that he had
enough of a split second there not
to do it.
“I feel like he took a glance, saw
him up in the air, and continued to
back in under him, and then tried
to catch him.”
In a statement late Tuesday, the
NBA said that after reviewing re
plays of the play, it concluded that
Starks did not intend to injure
Marion and that no action would
be taken.
Marion said doctors have told
him he will miss at least two
games, but could return for the
home game against Denver Satur
day night.
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worse than it was. But it
happened, it's cool, I'm all
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and play ball.
Shawn Marion
forward,
Phoenix Suns //
“I thank God it wasn’t worse
than it was,” the ever-loose Marion
said. “But it happened, it’s cool,
I’m all right. Let’s leave it alone
and play ball.”
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Marion averaged 24 points and
13 rebounds while shooting just
less than 60 percent from the field
as the Suns went 6-1 since the All
Star break. They’ve won four in a
row going into Wednesday night’s
home game against Orlando, with
road victories over the Magic, Mia
mi and New York.
“We knew he was going to be all i
right that night,” teammate Mario
Elie said. “Everybody called him.
He’s in good spirits. The guy’s been
playing amazing basketball. We’ve
just got to pick it up until he gets
back.”
Elie expects Marion to come
back as good as ever.
“I remember when I broke my
forearm, I came back attacking the
same way I was,” Elie said. “You
can’t worry about that stuff. It’s
part of the game. I’m sure the first
couple of minutes he’ll be a little
nervous, but once he gets a couple
of dunks and a couple of blocks,
he’ll be right back in the swing of
things.”
Maribn was in and out of con
sciousriess on the court but said he
remembered nothing until waking
up in the hospital. He said he still
has a slight headache and is tired
and sore, but he showed up for the
Suns’ “Team Up” appearance in
front of thousands of screaming el
ementary stuldents on Tuesday.
I He watched Tuesday’s workout,
out plans a light workout the next
tWo days and a full practice on Fri
day.
Marion is sixth in the NBA in re
bounding at 11.4 per game. At 6
foot-7, he is by far the shortest of
the top 20 rebounders in the
league. He doesn’t know if he will
be a bit tentative, a little afraid, the
next time he soars toward the rim.
“I can’t say right now,” Marion
said. “I don’t think so. I think I’ll
still do what I’m supposed to do
out there — just go play ball.”
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