No Holds Barred on Stojakovic

After 45 minutes on the floor, all but a handful spent frantically defending Peja Stojakovic, Rick Fox looked up.

“He’s going to get his 20 points,” Fox said. “I accept that.”

Critically for the Lakers, Stojakovic required 18 shots, and a lot of effort, to get them, including one last uncontested layup as the final horn blared.

Indeed, the final satisfaction for Fox might have come from the postgame interviews, where Sacramento Coach Rick Adelman urged the referees to do something about him.

Fox’s single-minded pursuit of Stojakovic produced 10 rebounds--nine on the defensive end--three steals and three blocked shots. It also stole his offensive game. He scored four points on seven shots after averaging 13 points in the Portland series.

“Sheesh,” Fox said, “if I score four points again Tuesday [in Game 2] I’ll be happy. My focus has to be the little things--rebounds, not turning the ball over like I did today and defense.”

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Chris Webber and Robert Horry received matching technical fouls late in the first quarter, a call Horry disputed.

On the preceding play, Horry attempted to draw a charge on the left side of the lane and fell over backward. His foot tangled with Webber’s, bringing a stare from Webber, who apparently believed he was being tripped purposely.

“All-Stars get treated like kings,” Horry said. “The rest of us get treated like you know what.”

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San Antonio Spur guard Derek Anderson could miss the rest of the playoffs after because of a right shoulder separation he suffered Saturday.

That could solve a major matchup issue for the Lakers, should they and the Spurs advance to the Western Conference finals. Anderson averaged 16.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals in four regular-season games against the Lakers.

“That really hurts them,” Laker Coach Phil Jackson said.

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Greg Foster, who went from the fringe of Jackson’s early-season rotation to mere late-season insurance for Shaquille O’Neal, probably won’t be able to play before Game 3, Friday in Sacramento.

Foster’s right foot, injured in Tuesday’s practice, still was swollen and bruised on Sunday. The only way Jackson would miss Foster, who played 71 minutes since mid-February and three minutes against Portland, would be in the event of an injury to O’Neal or severe foul trouble, which nearly came Sunday.

Foster started eight regular-season games, all of them missed by O’Neal.