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NBA Playoffs Rd 2: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Utah Jazz


Who will win?  

12 members have voted

  1. 1. Who will win?

    • Los Angeles Lakers
    • Utah Jazz


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(1) Los Angeles Lakers (56-24)

STARTING 5

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PG # 2 Derek Fisher

6'1 210 lbs

Arkansas-Little Rock '96

7.5 PPG 2.5 APG 1.1 SPG 85.2 FT% 34.4 3PT%

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SG #24 Kobe "Black Mamba" Bryant

6'6 205 lbs

Lower Merion HS '96 (Ardmore, PA)

27.0 PPG 5.0 APG 5.4 RPG 81.1 FT% 32.9 3PT%

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SF # 37 Ron Artest

6'7 260 lbs

St. John's '99

11.2 PPG 4.3 RPG 3.0 APG 1.4 SPG 36.0 3PT%

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PF #16 Pau Gasol

7'0 250 lbs

Spain '01

18.2 PPG 11.3 RPG 3.4 APG 1.8 BPG 53.1 FG%

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C #17 Andrew Bynum

7'0 285 lbs

St. Joseph's HS '05 (Metuchen, NJ)

15.0 PPG 8.3 RPG 1.4 BPG 57.0 FG%

BENCH

PG-Shannon Brown

PG-Jordan Farmar

SG-Sasha Vujacic

SF-Luke Walton

PF-Lamar Odom

C-DJ Mbenga

HEAD COACH

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Phil "Zen Master" Jackson

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(5) Utah Jazz (53-29)

STARTING 5

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PG #8 Deron Williams

6'3 207 lbs

Illinois '05

18.6 PPG 10.6 APG 4.0 RPG 1.3 SPG 47.2 FG% 37.2 3PT%

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SG #23 Wesley Matthews

6'5 220 lbs

Marquette '09

9.4 PPG 48.7 FG% 38.7 3PT%

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SF #34 CJ Miles

6'6 227 lbs

Skyline HS '05 (Dallas, TX)

9.8 PPG 2.6 RPG 34.0 3PT%

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PF #5 Carlos Boozer

6'9 266 lbs

Duke '02

19.5 PPG 11.2 RPG 3.2 APG 56.2 FG%

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C #44 Kyrylo Fesenko

7'1 300 lbs

Ukraine '07

2.6 PPG 1.8 RPG 0.4 BPG 54.7 FG%

BENCH

PG-Ronnie Price

PG-Sundiata Gaines

SG-Kyle Korver

PF-Paul Milsap

C-Kosta Koufos

HEAD COACH

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Jerry Sloan

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Lake Show will win this series in 6 games. Jazz are a good team and Sloan deserves props for getting an injured squad past Denver in the 1st round. But this team wont get it done against LA. Boozer who was great last series will now have to work around 2 7 footers in the lane. Deron Williams should be able to exploit Fisher if his wrist isnt messed up, but it wont be enough.

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Lakers’ center Bynum has small meniscus tear

EL SEGUNDO, California (AP)—Lakers center Andrew Bynum has a small tear in the meniscus in his right knee, leaving him questionable for Los Angeles’ second-round playoff opener against the Utah Jazz.

Lakers coach Phil Jackson said Bynum might try to play through the pain in Sunday’s opener at Staples Center.

Bynum hyperextended his knee in the first half of the Lakers’ series-clinching win over Oklahoma City on Friday night, but played the second half wearing a brace. An MRI exam on Saturday revealed the tiny tear, which apparently was aggravated by his injury.

Bynum missed the last 13 games of the regular season with a strained Achilles’ tendon, but returned to average 12 points, nine rebounds and 2.2 blocked shots while starting all six games against the Thunder.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AmZ9pTm1jvPXXn8QQw4bnBQ5nYcB?slug=ap-lakers-bynum

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Lakers clearly played down to the Jazz's level. Like a trap game, this is a trap series and the Lakers have a rep of taking things too lightly sometimes. Cleary the far superior team, even more so with the Utah injuries. The only way this isn't a sweep is if the Lakers slack off again in the next few games.

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The 4th quarter is always Kobe time and Game 1 was no different as the games most clutch player drained 11 points in the final 4 minutes of the game to bail out the Lakers after the reserves squandered their lead.

Despite injuries #24 lead his team going 12-19 for 31 points.

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