NBA Playoffs Rd 1: Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers

[King Taharqa]

(8) Utah Jazz (48-34)

PG-#8 Deron Williams

6'3 208 lbs

Illinois '05

19.4 PPG, 10.6 APG, 47.0 FG%

SG-#9 Ronnie Brewer

6'7 227 lbs

Arkansas '06

13.7 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 50.9 FG%

SF-#34 C.J. Miles

6'6 227 lbs

Skyline HS '05 (Dallas, TX)

9.1 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 35.2 3PT%

PF-#5 Carlos Boozer

6'9 266 lbs

Duke '02

16.2 PPG, 10.4 RPG, 2.2 APG

C-#13 Mehmet Okur

6'11 263 lbs

Turkey '01

17.0 PPG, 7.7 RPG, 44.6 3PT%

Bench Players

PG-Brevin Knight

SG-Kyle Korver

SF-Andrei Kirilenko

PF-Paul Millsap

C-Kosta Koufos

Head Coach

Jerry Sloan

[King Taharqa]

(1) Los Angeles Lakers (65-17)

PG-#2 Derek Fisher

6'1 205 lbs

Arkansas-Little Rock '96

10.0 PPG, 3.2 APG, 39.7 3PT%

SG-#24 Kobe Bryant

6'6 205 lbs

Lower Merion HS '96 (Lower Merion, PA)

26.8 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 4.9 APG, 35.1 3PT%

SF-#3 Trevor Ariza

6'8 210 lbs

UCLA '04

8.9 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 31.6 3PT%

PF-#16 Pau Gasol

7'0 260 lbs

Spain '01

18.9 PPG, 9.6 RPG, 3.5 APG

C-#17 Andrew Bynum

7'0 285 lbs

St. Joseph HS '05 (Metuchen, NJ)

14.3 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 1.8 BPG, 56.0 FG%

Bench Players

PG-Shannon Brown

SG-Sasha Vujacic

SF-Luke Walton

PF-Lamar Odom

C-Josh Powell

Head Coach

Phil Jackson

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Lakers will take this series in 5 games.

[Kevin Greene]

Lakes in 5.

KT, Bynum is back so it's quite likely Odom will be coming off the bench.

[X-Clown]

Jazz are playing like crap right now, this might be a sweep.

[tarheelblue89]

Yup I am that lonely 1 who voted for the Jazz. Jazz in 6, you just wait and see, D-Will will go off. If it isn't rigged like it was last year when they met in the playoffs, Utah should and will win this series.

[Hawkfanadam]

Yup I am that lonely 1 who voted for the Jazz. Jazz in 6, you just wait and see, D-Will will go off. If it isn't rigged like it was last year when they met in the playoffs, Utah should and will win this series.

Ill wait.. And won't see. If you think the Jazz can win in staples you are crazy. D-Will better go off, but he needs to for the Jazz to have a chance. Lakes in five.

[tarheelblue89]

Ill wait.. And won't see. If you think the Jazz can win in staples you are crazy. D-Will better go off, but he needs to for the Jazz to have a chance. Lakes in five.

Just look at it this way, if the Jazz can somehow win won at Staples, they will win the series, this series will go atleast 6, because I don't think the Lakers can win at the Energy Solution Arena and their green seats. D-Will will go off, there is no arguing that, but if Boozer can get his act together they have a chance.

Do I really think this is going to happen? No, not really, but to quote the little kid from Angels in the Outfield, "Hey, it could happen..."

[goodlay]

Lakers in 5

[Jangler]

uh sweep. I'll let you guess on that one...:patriot:

[pstall]

Nice oldschool Jazz logo KT.

Horrible matchup for the Jazz.

Lakers in 5

[CarolinaKid704]

Can we say Sweep? Lakers too good.

[X-Clown]

So the same Jazz team that has lost 7 out of 9 down stretch by an average of 13 pts. per game and has a 15-26 road record on the season is going to go into the Staples Center where the Lakers are 36-5 on the season and win. I hate the Lakers, but there's no way.

[Darth Biscuit]

Lakers will sweep.

[tarheelblue89]

Ok, come on guys. The Jazz are one of the best home teams in the League and especially in the playoffs. If the Jazz get swept you all can call me an idiot, cause it ain't going to happen.