The Los Angeles Lakers may have learned something in the first round of the NBA playoffs; Don’t let the series go any longer than it has to.
The Lakers are a victory away from sweeping the Utah Jazz and want to lock up a third straight trip to the Western Conference finals as soon as possible. Game 4 is Monday night in Utah, where the Lakers edged the Jazz 111-110 on Saturday for a 3-0 series lead.
The Jazz have pushed the Lakers in each of the first three games, but Los Angeles has held on to win all three by a total of 14 points. Saturday’s game was especially gut-wrenching for the Jazz, who had two shots bounce off the rim in the final seconds. Had either gone in, Utah would be looking to tie the series Monday instead of trying to avoid the team’s first sweep in a best-of-seven series.
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The Jazz and Lakers are meeting for the third straight year in the Western Conference playoffs. And just like the previous two, the Lakers lead 2-0 as the series comes to Utah for two games that the Jazz know are crucial to any aspirations they have of knocking out the defending NBA champions.
Both teams have had a few days to recover after the Lakers’ 111-103 win on Tuesday. Game 3 is in Salt Lake City, where the Jazz seem to hold a home-court advantage against every team other than the Lakers. Los Angeles hasn’t gone winless in Utah since the 2004-05 season and added a playoff win here each of the last two years.
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The LA Lakers look to protect home-court advantage against the Utah Jazz and go up 2-0. Los Angeles won with relative ease in Game 1 against the Deron Williams, Carlos Boozer lead Utah Jazz. Though the pesky Jazz wouldn’t die and kept the score respectable throughout the entire game. The Utah bench actual outperformed the starters and it wasn’t until Coach Sloan put Williams back in the 4th that things started to go down hill for Utah, lead by a 11 point quarter by Kobe Bryant. I fully expect Deron Williams to prove to a national audience why he is a top two PG in the league and this game will remain close all the way until the final buzzer, but the Lake Show and company will prove to be too much and will win this game…
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