Utah rookie Dee Brown injured his neck when teammate Mehmet Okur landed on him in the first quarter of Wednesday night's Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals against Golden State. He was taken to a hospital as a precaution.

Brown had to be helped from the court and then was wheeled on a stretcher to have X-rays taken. The team said neurological tests on Brown were normal, but he was taken to a hospital with his neck in a brace.

The injury left the Jazz shorthanded in the backcourt because Derek Fisher, who was inactive for the series opener Monday night because of a health problem involving one of his four children, didn't arrive at the arena until midway through the third quarter.