Jazz Need Victory Over Lakers to Stay Alive

Lakers Blog found this 5/16/2008 on www.sltrib.com [flag]

In the SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, Ross Siler writes "trailing 3-2 in the Western Conference semifinals, the Jazz will be fighting for their playoff lives in tonight's Game 6 at EnergySolutions Arena. At a minimum, the Jazz have their 41-5 home record this season. They also found themselves in a similar situation last year, when the Jazz returned home down 3-2 after a 96-92 Game 5 loss to Houston but went on to win the first-round series in seven games. 'You don't have to win two [tonight],' Jazz coach Jerry ... [link]

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The Closer?
Published 5/16/2008 by kambrothers at Lakers Blog
... of the Western Conference semis that has to win to keep the series alive, and it ain't L.A. If the purple and gold do not do, they will not die. The same can't be said for the Jazz, who are up against the wall and still stinging from what they see as a ...

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