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Derek Fisher didn't expect to pull out the jewelry so soon, but he could feel his new team edging toward a dangerous cliff. So before the Jazz's two-game losing streak could become three and then four and then a full-bore panic, Fisher gathered his teammates around him in the ES Arena tunnel just before taking the floor Wednesday night.
Take a look at this, he told them, pulling out his 2002 NBA Championship ring, the third one he won with the Lakers.
"Fish gave us a pretty good speech," said guard Deron Williams. "He told us to be respected as a team, these are the teams we have...