sports.yahoo.com - 5/11/2008
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Los
Angeles Lakers 120, Utah 110
Utah outscored the Lakers by five over the final three
quarters of this game, and I'll probably look like a fool once the Jazz take
both games in Utah (though playing at home on Sunday might feel odd), but it
almost feels as if the Jazz have some sort of mental block when it comes to
playing Los Angeles.
Actually, it felt
as if they had a block. A block ...
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Detroit Pistons 90, Orlando Magic 89
Third Quarter Collapse —
... After Game Three, Yahoo!'s Kelly Dwyer wrote that we let the Pistons creep back into the game because "Jameer Nelson really enjoys shooting 20-foot jumpers." It's true. Nelson tends to settle for the jump-shot too frequently, and especially at the ends of quarters. He ended the Magic's last three first-quarter possessions on jump-shots, making the first and missing the next two. He finished with 6 assists and just 1 turnover, which is fantastic, but the 6-of-14 shooting isn't. And we covered the free-throw shooting. ...
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104, Los Angeles Lakers 99
This all seemed so typical, so obvious. At just about every
point within this Game 3, it felt as if we'd seen this sort of Game 3 probably
75 times before.
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BOOZE LETS LOOSE —
NY Post: Sports 5/10/2008
SALT LAKE CITY - Carlos Boozer broke out of his slump with 27 points and tied his career playoff-high with 20 rebounds, leading the Jazz to a 104-99 victory over the Lakers last night, cutting the Lakers' lead in the series to 2-1. It was the...
