The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Utah Jazz 111-96 tonight to win the best-of-seven series four games to none. The Lakers move on to the Western Conference Finals where they will host the Phoenix Suns in Game 1 next Monday. Pau Gasol scored 33 points and had 14 rebounds while Kobe Bryant added 32. Shannon Brown had 12 points off the bench including a couple of big threes. Deron Williams and Paul Millsap had 21 points each for the Jazz and C.J. Miles had 15.
The Lakers size was just too much of a problem all series as the Jazz couldn't figure out how to deal with Gasol as well as Lamar Odom and of course Bryant was big. Tonight there were too many turnovers and missed free throws in the first half. I thought the Jazz should have won at least a game or two and had the talent to do it, but just didn't play up to it, especially tonight. They had their chances and played pretty well in the first three games but didn't tonight. Hopefully the Suns can give the Lakers a good run and win that series. We'll see what happens.
Earlier in the night, the Orlando Magic finished off the Atlanta Hawks 98-84 to sweep that series. The Hawks lost each game by an average of over 25 points. I don't remember ever seeing a team perform as poorly over the course of a series as Atlanta did in this one. They should be embarrassed. The Magic will face the winner of the Cleveland-Boston series in the Eastern Conference Finals.
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It's too bad that the Jazz got swept. In no way did I think that they could win the series, but I was hoping they could win a game or two at home. It was a great season for the Jazz and they surpassed everyone's expectations by beating Denver after Okur went down -- the Lakers just had too many weapons to win with. Like D-Will said after the game, "They're just a better team." It's frustrating to say that, but I think it's true as well.
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