2008 NBA Playoffs - Day Twenty-One - May 9

Here at About.com, we'll be following each day of the 2008 NBA Playoffs - nothing too in-depth with these posts, but a bit of a recap that gives a couple of brief sentences or so, the final results, as well as links to the boxscore.

Los Angeles Lakers 99, Utah Jazz 104 @ Utah / Box Score

At 37-4, the Jazz had the best home record during the regular season and the comforts of home helped them get a win over the Lakers who were undefeated in the postseason coming into the game. Kobe Bryant still did his thing in scoring 34 points and the rest of the team did as well, collectively shooting 48.5% from the floor and 81.1% from the charity stripe, but it just wasn't enough. The Jazz's version of the Big Three - Deron Williams, Carlos Boozer, and Mehmut Okur - shot a combined 26-for-47 and 67 of the Jazz's 104 points. It actually would have helped if the Lakers didn't shoot 5-for-23 from beyond the three-point line come to think of it. Yeah, definitely. Lakers lead series 2-1.

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