Next Game: GAME 5 - Jazz @ Lakers

The Utah Jazz had plenty of chances to crumble and nearly did. They let a 12-point slip away in the last four minutes and faced overtime against league MVP Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. Instead of wilting, Utah played its toughest defense of the playoffs and pulled out a 123-115 victory on Sunday, tying the Western Conference semifinals 2-2. The Jazz held the Lakers to two field goals in overtime and went 9-for-9 from the foul line while outscoring the Lakers 15-7.
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Playoff Series

Date	Home	Score
Sun 5/4	LAL	98 - 109
Wed 5/7	LAL	110 - 120
Fri 5/9	Uta	99 - 104
Sun 5/11	Uta	115 - 123
Wed 5/14	LAL	104 - 111
Fri 5/16	Uta	108 - 105

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Lakers (2-2) Playoff Stats | Roster Starters Name Min Reb Ast PF Pts K Bryant, G 47 8 10 1 33 L Odom, F 51 13 2 4 26 P Gasol, C 48 10 4 5 23 D Fisher, G 28 0 0 6 15 V Radmanovic, F 15 2 0 3 2 Bench Name Min Reb Ast PF Pts S Vujacic 26 2 1 5 11 L Walton 25 5 3 4 5 J Farmar 19 0 0 2 0 R Turiaf 4 1 0 1 0 D Mbenga 3 0 0 2 0 C Mihm 0 0 0 0 0 I Newble 0 0 0 0 0 T Ariza 0 0 0 0 0 A Bynum 0 0 0 0 0 C Karl 0 0 0 0 0

Jazz (2-2) Playoff Stats | Roster Starters Name Min Reb Ast PF Pts D Williams, G 44 3 14 4 29 M Okur, C 46 11 5 4 18 A Kirilenko, F 38 0 3 4 15 C Boozer, F 43 12 3 4 14 R Brewer, G 23 4 3 3 8 Bench Name Min Reb Ast PF Pts K Korver 30 5 1 3 14 M Harpring 15 1 1 1 12 P Millsap 17 4 0 4 9 R Price 9 1 2 0 4 J Collins 0 0 0 0 0 J Hart 0 0 0 0 0 C Miles 0 0 0 0 0 M Almond 0 0 0 0 0 K Fesenko 0 0 0 0 0

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Injury Report

Lakers Date Player Injury 1/21 T Ariza, SF broken right foot 1/13 A Bynum, C Left knee injury - out 8 weeks

Jazz No injuries to report.

Player News

Lakers Kobe Bryant (LAL - Shooting Guard) News: Bryant scored 34 points and Los Angeles held off a furious rally by the Utah Jazz for a 108-105 victory Friday night, putting the Lakers in the Western Conference finals for the first time in four years.  (STATS - Sat. May 17, 2008) Kobe Bryant (LAL - Shooting Guard) News: Bryant (back) scored 26 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field and 13-of-17 from the free-throw line Wednesday night in the Lakers' victory over Utah in Game 5 of their Western Conference semifinal playoff series.  (RotoWire - Thu. May 15, 2008) Kobe Bryant (LAL - Shooting Guard) News: Bryant said Monday that his back is "pretty sore right now," the Associated Press reports.  (RotoWire - Mon. May 12, 2008)

Jazz Deron Williams (UTAH - Point Guard) News: Williams scored 21 points and had 14 assists on Friday, but missed a 3-pointer that would have tied the game in the closing seconds of Utah's 108-105 loss to the Lakers, which gave Los Angeles a 4-2 series win.  (STATS - Sat. May 17, 2008) Andrei Kirilenko (UTAH - Forward) News: Kirilenko missed practice Thursday because of a travel visa, a day before Utah faced the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals.  (STATS - Fri. May 16, 2008) Andrei Kirilenko (UTAH - Forward) News: Kirilenko missed Thursday's practice so that he could take care of an issue related to a travel visa, the Associated Press reports.  (RotoWire - Thu. May 15, 2008)