Los Angeles Lakers orthopedist Dr. Steve Lombardo will perform reconstructive surgery on Jarron Collins' torn anterior cruciate ligament, the Jazz big man said Sunday.
     
Collins tore both the ACL and the medial collateral ligaments in his right knee during a Dec. 12 game against New Orleans, but he has delayed surgery on the ACL while the MCL healed naturally.

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Last season's series between the Nets and Jazz was marred by both a flagrant foul from New Jersey's Kenyon Martin on Utah's Karl Malone, and comments from Nets coach Byron Scott suggesting Malone has no heart.