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InfoZports (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
LA Lakers finally got what they were looking for a long time ago. With a 108 - 105 victory against Utah Jazz the Kobe Bryant and Paul Gasol team achieved the finals of NBA. Bryant with 34 point was the main scored for Lakers, but Paul Gasol joined him with 17 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks during the game. There won't be necessary to play a seven game. This Lakers are finally trying to...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Led by Kobe Bryant's 34 points, all five of the starters scored in double figures as the Lakers became only the second team this year to win a second-round playoff game away from home.
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Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Chevrolet Bel Air is reflected in the headlight of a 1955 Chrysler Windsor on Friday at Barber Brothers in Spanish Fork. The classic cars were there to help kick off the 21st annual Auto Expo at Thanksgiving Point, which began Friday and runs through today.
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
... the Lakers ahead by five. * KEY STAT: The Lakers are 10-for-11 on free throws in the final 4:20. Utah's game-by-game shooting percentage in Round 2:Shooting% Result Game 1 37.9 Loss Game 2 44.6 Loss Game 3 50.0 Win Game 4 52.6 Win Game 5 45.7 Loss Game 6 38.1 Loss Jazz Overlines Foreign affairs Asked before tipoff about the Lakers' try to wrap up the series, coach Phil Jackson said, "It's...
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
... night? "I dunno," Korver said in a somber Jazz locker room after the 108-105 loss that ended Utah's season. "I probably should have shot it. Ya know, I just didn't." Korver said he almost pulled the trigger, but saw Sasha Vujacic flying out at him. "I was spotting up, and they kicked it out to me," he said. "I thought I could have shot a quick one, but I saw [Mehmet Okur] coming up behind...
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
It started with a three-point jumper off the hands of Vladimir Radmanovic. By the time it ended, Utah's season was over. Indeed, the reasons for the Los Angeles Lakers taking a 108-105 win over the Jazz in Friday night's Game 6 seem endless.
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
Until the final minute, Andrei Kirilenko was poised to fly off on vacation to France this summer under another hail of criticism for appearing to put his own interests ahead of those of the Jazz.
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
If there was a vote for the most valuable player during the Jazz-Lakers playoff series, Memphis Grizzlies' owner Michael Heisley might win. In a cost-cutting move, Heisley approved a Feb.
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
... as he rose up for a three-point attempt with 0.9 seconds left. The call though went against the Utah point guard and put Fisher at the line for three free throws, all of which the 86 percent free-throw shooter made. The Jazz should regret their poor start in a series that showed the importance of good openings and blame it for their downfall. They should kick themselves for letting Game...
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Jazz's season slammed into a brick wall late Friday night at EnergySolutions Arena, in a manner that concurrently caused great consternation at the debris left scattered in the present and held out promise for the bright future of a young and ascending team.
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
The ending was stunning and shocking. Then again, so was the Jazz's beginning and most of what followed, hardly suggesting that Friday's Game 6 of their playoff series with the Los Angeles Lakers could possibly come down to any kind of opportunity to prolong everything - the game, the series, the
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Jazz mount a spirited comeback, but still see their season come to an end with a loss to Lakers Utah's C.J. Miles, right, defends the Los Angeles' Lamar Odom on Friday, when Odom scored 13 points in the Lakers' win over the Jazz.
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Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday
It is a near impossibility in the sports world for any team to rally from a three-game deficit to win a playoff series.
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Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday
The state has offered a $15 million-plus incentive to get business software giant Oracle Corp. to expand its presence in Utah.
