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Lakers Hold Off Jazz, Reach Western Finals

 
SALT LAKE CITY -- Kobe Bryant scored 34 points and Los Angeles held off a furious rally by the Utah Jazz for a 108-105 victory Friday night, putting the Lakers in the Western Conference finals for the first time in four years. (link)

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