Can the Lakers take 3-0 lead over Utah?
Kobe Bryant smells blood.
The 2009 NBA Playoffs continue in Salt Lake City, Utah where the Utah Jazz hope to take advantage of the visiting Los Angeles Lakers as they visit the Jazz where they are virtually unbeatable the last couple of years, the Energy Solutions Arena.
Isn’t it ironic that the Utah Jazz, down 0-2 in their series with the Lakers, are hoping to find the energy and solution to beat L.A. in front of their home crowd at the Energy Solutions Arena?
For their fans’ sake, they better find them soon. You see, the Los Angeles Lakers won the first two games of this series by double digits, winning Game 1 by 13, 125-112 before winning again in Game 2, 119-109.
In case you didn’t notice, the final score of the first two games suggest that the Jazz played better on Game 2 than they did on the first one. Unfortunately for them, it didn’t matter since the Lakers had all their stars aligned last Tuesday night.
It was a balanced attack from the Lakers as all five of their starters scored in double digits. Kobe Bryant scored 26, Pau Gasol 22, Trevor Ariza continues his surprising play in the postseason with 13 points, Derek Fisher added 11 and Andrew Bynum had 10.
To make matters worse, the Lakers bench also came up big as Lamar Odom came up with 19 off the bench while Shannon Brown added 12.
Still, despite the two dominant victories, Kobe Bryant is not making the mistake to count the Jazz out already.
‘’We’re not thinking about it being over at all,’’ Kobe Bryant said. ‘’We’re thinking about Game 3.’’
Can the Utah Jazz beat the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 3? SPORTSBETTING.COM has the odds.
Los Angeles Lakers -1.5
Utah Jazz +1.5
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