sports.espn.go.com - 5/8/2008
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Collins Staying In Booth Doug Collins says he has "no interest" in coaching again. So it appears you can scratch one more name from the list of potential successors to fill the expected void left in Phoenix by Mike D'Antoni. After calling the Lakers' victory over Utah for TNT on Wednesday night in Los Angeles, Collins told ESPN.com that he has not heard from the Suns
and that he ...
The Great Salt Lake Show: Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers Playoff Preview
emptythebench.com 5/3/2008 — Expect the Jazz to play extremely physical with the finesse Lakers and try to wear Kobe and friends down while Los Angeles presses their transition game and lets Bryant close out games as only he can. It will be a more even matchup than most anticipate and it’s going to be a hell of a show.
Behind the box score, where the Jazz need to watch their hands
sports.yahoo.com 5/5/2008 — Los Angeles Lakers
109, Utah 98
THIS is going to
be a series. Utah always puts itself a step back because of the team's refusal
to stop hacking opponents, and the Jazz have no answer for Kobe Bryant (who
does?), but that won't stop this from ...
How do you have a job Amy Lawrence?
wcbias.com 5/7/2008 — Today’s East Coast media blunder (a regular segment we'll just call "How do you have a job?") comes from our girl Amy Lawrence, who spent the better part of the night on ESPN Radio’s “Game Night” talking about the Los Angeles Lakers’ big win over ...
Ballin’: Deron Needs Help, Billups Needs to Heal
thebiglead.com 5/8/2008 — Los Angeles Lakers 120, Utah 110 : Ok, so no more hunch posts. The Lakers led from start to finish and remain the only unbeaten team in the postseason. Kobe had 34, Odom had 19-16, the Lakers made 7-of-11 three’s and went to the line 43 times. ...
Can Home Court Help The 0-2 Jazz??? —
SidelineShow.com-SportsTalk Radio
The Los Angeles Lakers lead the Utah Jazz 0-2 in the second round of the Western playoffs. The Utah Jazz are hoping that by playing at home they can come off and win Game 3. The Jazz host tonights game and they went 37-4 at home during the regular season. The Lakers were one of [...]
The Basketball Diaries —
Foul Balls
Los Angeles Lakers 120 Utah Jazz 110 (Lakers lead series 2-0)
On the night when Kobe was given his first ever MVP award, he went out and showed everybody why he got it. Kobe scored 34 points, had 8 rebounds, and handed out 6 assists as the Lakers maintained their perfect playoff record, and more importantly, went up 2-0 on the Jazz.
Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol also had big nights, scoring 19
Behind the box score: where KB has earned everything he's gotten —
Ball Don't Lie
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 ...
Lakers On Fire Torch Jazz 120-110 Lead Series 2-0 —
Slam Dunk Central
Kobe Bryant scored a game high 34 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers shot 57.4% (39-68) from the floor for the game, and 63.6% (7-11) from outside the arc as they defeated the Utah Jazz Wednesday night 120-110. The Lakers take a 2-0 lead in the series, and are the only team in the Post Season to be undefeated as they swept the Denver Nuggets in four games.
Los Angeles had a machine like ...
May 7: Lakers 120, Jazz 110 —
InsideHoops
The AP reports: The Los Angeles Lakers celebrated Kobe Bryant’s MVP award the best way possible. Bryant had 34 points, eight rebounds and six assists Wednesday night, and the Lakers beat the Utah Jazz 120-110 to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals and remain the NBA’s only unbeaten team in the postseason… [...]
Above The Rim: 6-0 —
Signal to Noise
The question is whether the Lakers will lose before reaching the conference finals (they will; Utah is too good a team at home not to take one game) and why the Jazz came out so flat looking early, after Kobe got his MVP statue. There were a lot of fouls called really early — most of them on Utah, as happens often — and when it puts Carlos Boozer and Mehmet Okur out for long ...
Jazz-Lakers Pointspread Pointers —
Sports Handicapping
The Utah Jazz and the Los Angeles Lakers will both be trying to pick up a playoff win on Wednesday when they battle at STAPLES Center. NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 7-point favorites versus the Jazz, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Lakers defeated Utah 109-98 as an 8.5-point favorite in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal ...
Lakers - Jazz Preview —
SidelineShow.com-SportsTalk Radio
The Los Angeles Lakers knocked out the Denver Nuggets in a 4 game sweep, now their focus swifts to the Utah Jazz. Game 1 was no contest as the Lakers, they won that game and now look to Game 2 which will be played Wednesday night. The Utah Jazz are suppose to be much tougher than [...]
Why Utah has a good chance —
Triviality of Basketball
I read a lot of blogs and articles that Utah may have fare no better than the Nuggets and while they may not get swept, they would certainly get beaten by the LA Lakers. While this one is true, I...
NBA Playoffs: Beating Your Opponent Down —
Intentional Foul
So what did we learn this weekend? The Hornets have no plans of making it easy on the Spurs. Yesterday, the Lakers just kind of skated by Utah, who was coming off their series clincher against Houston; a game played on Friday night.
Utah is probably really happy that Kobe shot a lot of free throws (21-23), which was only seven less than the entire Jazz team (22-30).
To the MVP goes ...
Kobe walked the line for Lakers —
NBA - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports
Twenty-three times Sunday, the Utah Jazz left Kobe Bryant wide open. Twenty-three times, the bumping, bruising Utah Jazz stood still and just let him shoot. Twenty-one times, Kobe Bryant scored.Twenty-one times, he jabbed a 10-foot sword into a puffed-out chest wrote Los Angeles Times columnist Bill Plaschke. And basketball folks still have the nerve to call it a free throw? Not here. Not ...
Sleep on the Utah Jazz —
Upside and Motor
Photo from AP/ Kevork Djansezian . "They've been on a tear since the Korver deal." "This team could win it all." "Don't sleep on the Utah Jazz." We've all heard it for the last four months. A lot of people were selling, and I bought into it. But I think it's time to start sleeping on the Utah Jazz. I know, I know. I hate to be that guy. The lunatic who's shouting about how the series is ...
Ballin’: Celtics Advance, Lakers Kinda Cruise —
The Big Lead
Los Angeles Lakers 109, Utah 98 : For a fleeting moment in the fourth quarter, the Jazz had the defcit down to four or five, but Boozer had fouled out, and inexplicably, Utah had Kyle Korver curl off a screen and take a 14-footer jumper that clanged. Not sure about that call; we’d rather go down with Deron Williams (5-for-18) chucking than Korver. Kobe had 38. An eternal Jazz optimist ...
The Basketball Diaries —
Foul Balls
Los Angeles Lakers 109 Utah Jazz 98 (Lakers lead series 1-0)
The Lakers continue to roll, as they improved to 5-0 in the postseason this year after finishing the season winners of eight of their last nine. Soon to be named MVP, Kobe Bryant, scored 38 points, grabbed 6 boards, and handed out 7 assists. He spent the majority of the afternoon at the free throw line, where he made 21 of 23
Utah couldn't buy a bucket in the clutch —
NBA - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports
The basketball was stuck impossibly atop the rim like some kind of Hollywood visual effect, before finally falling off. Deron Williams just smiled and shook his head. What else could he do? His driving layup attempt Sunday afternoon came too late for the Jazz to catch the Los Angeles Lakers anyway, and just gave them one more miss to make up in this series, one more shot to fall their way at ...
Lakers - MVP Kobe Bryant takes game 1 from Utah —
NBA Obsessed
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe about to be fouled
Image details: Utah Jazz v Los Angeles Lakers, Game 1 served by picapp.com
Kobe is expected to be presented with the NBA MVP award, but he got in a hurry and put on an MVP performance for the LA crowd in defeating the Utah Jazz.
Los Angeles 109 Utah 98
Kobe set a foul shooting ...
NBA Yawps With Malice —
With Malice - An LA Lakers blog, news and opinions
Missed my daily playoff wrap-up yesterday - had stuff on…
Anyway, bit surprised over the Darius Songaila suspension prior to game 6 of the Wiz/Cavs series - no where near as bad as the Jason Kidd throwdown on Jannero Pargo, or the fact that Kevin Garnett pushed a referee . Or that Kendrick Perkins did exactly what Amare Stoudemire did last year… yet escapes unscathed. Just all ...
For Fisher, Cheers, Tears And Boos —
Wash Post NBA
It is hard to understand how the compassion extended so lovingly to Derek Fisher by the Utah Jazz fans could turn to such animosity because he used all of his resources to care for his daughter.
Kobe unanimous pick for All-NBA team —
FOXSports.com News for NBA
Kobe Bryant added another honor Thursday to go with his MVP award, becoming the only unanimous selection to the All-NBA team.
The Lakers star was voted to the first team for the third straight season and fifth time in his career. He led Los Angeles ...
Bryant Leads Lakers Past Jazz —
Wash Post NBA
Kobe Bryant has 34 points, eight rebounds and six assists and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Utah Jazz, 120-110, on Wednesday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.
There's No 'I' in MVP —
Wash Post NBA
After the Lakers are unable trade him 11 months ago, Kobe Bryant is left in Southern California with a better team, smarter executives, a better coach and a MVP trophy.
Kobe wins first career MVP award —
FOXSports.com News for NBA
Kobe Bryant has won his first MVP award after leading the Los Angeles Lakers to the best record in the Western Conference.
He will receive the trophy Wednesday night from commissioner David Stern before the Lakers face Utah in Game 2 of their ...
Fisher's Year of Growth and Pain —
NBA.com: News
In the DESERET NEWS, Tim Buckley writes "he smiled. Laughed. Darn near cried. With the first anniversary of a young child's cancer surgery and his own playoff heroics for the Jazz fast-approaching, Derek Fisher stood at the Los Angeles Lakers' ...
