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Utah Jazz tie series with 123-115 overtime win over Lakers

Thx Jazz for this thrilling win, a lot of success at the next game in LA, greetings from Macedonia

Incredible!!! Go Jazz!!

This absolutely enourmously wonderful!
Almost everybody have counted the Jazz off. "They don�t stand a chance against the great Lakers, tey�ll win max one game".

Rubbish!

I truly believe tha Utah will win in six games.
The game today ws a living proof that the NBA wants Lakers - Celtics in the finals.

They got a big held from the officials, whatever the Lakers fan say!

D Will was great, Okur also when mattered, AK with terrific defence, Korver solid and Harpring... love that guy and Millsapp.

With best wishes
Arnar G
Utah-fan from Iceland....

GO JAZZ what a game. The Jazz can take it!

Please, ABC, can we opt out of the announcers who talked incessantly of Kobe and how great LA is? Can we, please?

Sorry, they got HELP not held...

The only time the lakers make a run is when the refs start making calls on their behalf.

Do the announcers worship kobe? I don't think he is as great as everyone says.

Missed the game - it was during church. Born and raised in Southern Cal, I am a Laker fan - just so you know my bias. I believe the Lakers are better than the Jazz, but I also thought they were better than Detroit a few years ago and Detroit showed us all who the best team was that year. The Jazz are probably capable of doing the same thing. They usually have good solid teams - they play a nice brand of basketball - they were better than the Bulls both years in the Finals - but caved. Who will cave in THIS series? Jazz or Lakers? We'll find out this week.

What a great win. OKUR almost caused us the game with that dumb technical foul but he sure made up for it in OT with those 2 baskets and key offensive rebound.

D-WILL is just ridicously good. He is not a superstar in the making, HE IS A SUPERSTAR.

AK-47's defense was superb. He made KOBE PULL A T-MAC in the 4th/OT.

TO all the AK-47 haters, respect his skills. Those 2-3 blocks on KOBE were the best blocks he ever made.

Kobe is the best player in the NBA, and for AK-47 to shut him down at the end, BIG PROPS AK... KEEP YOUR HEAD UP.

Well, Utah is coming back to L.A. Unfortunately, for Utah...you can't bring the refs who are clearly scared of the hicks in that building with you.

Jazz in 6?

They can barely beat the lakers at home.

By the way is boozer still back????

LIke I said he makes no difference, and you can't rely on him.

Okur has been the star this second half of the season.

All the jazz have done is hold serve, if they do no more than that they still lose in 7 and still possibly 6.

Bottom line we know they play well at home.
But still they had to outscore the other team to win.

Their lack of defense will get them in the end.

IF it still holds true that you must have first team nba-er (over-all or defense) from last year to win a championship, it will be spurs or lakers taking it all.

By the way NO seems to have the pieces:
Bigmen: west and chandler
Shooters: peja, peterson (he's not a star shooting guard by the numbers so that is a negative) and paul
Point: paul ( 1st team nba 2008)

They could be the team next year or possibly orlando (still need star 2guard).

The jazz are fine for winning 50 games getting some playoff action.

But they need changes to win a championship

Keep giving Kobe star treatment. It's ok. We can take this, he's a choker, I believe we defeated someone like that before this round, what was his name? Oh yea, McBaby. Jazz in 6.

the call on ak guarding kobe on the sideline was bogus, as was the t on memo, every foul called on pao results in him approaching an official or brushing one off, way to rise up against the powers that be Jazz, win it in six!

I also missed most of the game due to church. I got home and L Odom just got the putback before the end of regulation. It was nice to see the toughness the Jazz showed in OT period. In some ways I wish we could play game one over again since we only had a day before we had to go to LA. I wonder what condition Kobe is in? One thing about the Jazz is they play tough defense. Just like Jerry S did in his playing days. I hope that the NBA doesnt get on this Boston LA final kick and throw this series LA's way. I hope we can beat them in LA next time so we can close them out in Salt Lake City. Will the guy that got kicked out of the game be able to play in the next game or does that flagrant foul ejection mean he has to sit a game?

The Jazz don't have a chance of winning the next game in L.A. Boozer's no Karl Malone (consistency), Deron keeps forgetting to speed it up (all the time), and Memo's Achilles problem. And, once again, Sloan's disdain for the trey (defending it) cost us an unnecessary overtime.

If you're wondering why I'm dissing my home team, it's because of the lack of consistent effort by certain Jazz players who get plenty of playing time. I'm talking about one starter AND a few bench players. It's the thing Jerry is always harping about: effort. I don't see it consistently from ALL of the Jazz players who get their time on the court.

IF Kobe's back injury makes him less effective in the next game, that could be the equalizer. Then, the Jazz have a 50-50 chance of advancing past the "better" team. However, I doubt it's that serious of an injury. Look how much of a nuisance he was even while in pain.

The Lakers are too deep and have a superstar. Those are the differences that make it impossible for the Jazz to win this series.

How about Ronny Price giving that pothead Bill Walton's son a lesson on finishing? Pretty embarrassing to get stuffed like a turkey by the smallest guy on the court...and with stitches!

I didn't see all of the game just the part that counted. Congrats to the Jazz! Now take that same attitude to LA and get a win. We do not want to wait until game 7 to win one. GO JAZZ

What's up with Phil Jackson? At the press conference he whined about everything.He's already playing to the refs and press for the next game.
Come on Phil,you're from North Dakota,take your loss like a man and get ready for game 5.

How do we nearly let two games go at home that are in the bag??

What's the deal with Boozer playing so soft? This isn't a toilet paper competition, this is basketball. Take the ball to the rim, elevate, protect the ball.

We have consistently lost the 2nd and 4th quarters the past two games. This is when Korver is playing too long. Sloan needs to use Korver right, not leave him in too long and get Brewer back in slashing, stealing and playing great D.