Los Angeles vs. Utah - Recap - May 16, 2008

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NBA Playoff Triple Threat: Home Streak Broken (Partially)
Published 5/17/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... LA Lakers 108, Utah 105 For three quarters plus, this game looked over. The Lakers jumped on the Jazz early and led by double digits most of the game. It looked like the Lakers would easily break the home team stranglehold and advance. Then the Jazz got desperate and started hitting threes. Lots of threes. Five triples allowed Utah to storm back to within two. Los Angeles stayed calm through and hit their free throws, 11-13 in the final period. Still, the Jazz had a shot to tie down three in the waning seconds. Mehmet Okur got a good look, ...

Ding, Dong!
Published 5/17/2008 by grungedave (noreply@blogger.com) at The Dream Shake - a Houston Rockets blog
... the Wicked Witch is dead! Enjoy yet another ringless year, Utah. (oh, and thank you, Kobe... I can rest easy again knowing that the Jazz will once again not win anything. I am "okay" with the Lakers, Pistons or Hornets as Champs... maybe even Boston or San Antonio. Just please not Cleveland.) Hey, Utah, maybe next year... try not having your (second) best player foul out with 4 minutes left in an elimination game. Just a thought. What am I thinking... Utah not fouling? That's unpossible.