Utah Jazz notebook: Bench contributed points, energy

FACES IN THE CROWD: "High School Musical" stars Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and Corbin Bleu, who are filming the latest installment of their movie at East High, attended Sunday's game. Bleu drew a few jeers from the crowd for wearing a Lakers jersey.

FOSTER RETURNS: Former Jazzman Greg Foster, who now lives in El Paso, Texas, returned to town for the game. Foster, infamous in Laker lore for his throat-slashing gesture to the L.A. bench a decade ago, brought his young son, Greg Jr., to Game 4. The younger Foster is a Kobe Bryant fan and sported an L.A jersey.

"He got away with it today," joked his father, who was decked out in Jazz colors.

SIGN LANGUAGE: A sampling of fan-made signs in the arena Sunday.

"My mom says I'm too loud"

"We love Booz — even on Sunday"

"The only good Laker is a Salt Laker"

"Mom needs Booz on Mother's Day"

"Kobe M (ake) V (acation) P (lans)"

BEAR BACK AT IT: Lakers coach Phil Jackson got a reprieve of sorts in Game 3 when the Jazz mascot Bear couldn't get his motorcycle to start during pregame introductions. Jackson has openly complained about the exhaust fumes that accompany the Bear's revving of the engine in front of his team's bench.

On Sunday, the Bear was back to doing his thing. The motorcycle, along with the dropping of balloons from the ceiling which were subsequently popped by fans in the arena, combined to more than make up for Friday's noise reduction.

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