Utah Wins Game 3

Utah Jazz took a Game 3 victory last night at home thanks to Deron Williams’ shot with 2.2 seconds left. Williams scored on a 14-footer, allowing the Jazz to cut the Lakers lead to 2-1 in the best-of-seven series. Game 4 is at Utah Staurday and the Jazz is likely ecstatic about last night’s win, as an NBA team has never come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series. Kobe Bryant only made five of 24 shots and his 28-foot three-point attempt went right and off to the side of the rim as time expired. During postgame interviews Byrant said resignedly, “I know I played bad … It was a combination of two things. One, I just didn’t shoot the ball well. Two, they did a good job of mixing up their defense … It’s my responsibility to put the ball in the whole.”

Bryant wasn’t the only one who had a problem with that, as the Lakers combined to shot 36.8%. Lamar Odom remained steady off the bench with 21 points but that was about it for Lakers’ highlights. It seemed as if the Lakers had the game, until the Jazz made a comback with 23 points and 22 rebounds from Carlos Boozer; Deron Williams had 13 points and nine assists.

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