GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NBA: UTAH (2-1) at LA LAKERS (1-1)

NBA: UTAH at LA LAKERS

<div class="pre">NBA UTAH 87
LA LAKERS 90 8:43 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: UTAH at LA LAKERS

<div class="pre">NBA UTAH 91
LA LAKERS 98 5:56 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: UTAH at LA LAKERS

<div class="pre">NBA UTAH 96
LA LAKERS 109 3:04 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: UTAH at LA LAKERS

<div class="pre">NBA UTAH 102
LA LAKERS 113 1:01 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: UTAH at LA LAKERS

<div class="pre">NBA UTAH 109
LA LAKERS 119 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: UTAH at LA LAKERS

<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
UTAH 21 30 31 27 109
LA LAKERS 25 21 35 38 119 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: UTH - DERON WILLIAMS 26, CARLOS BOOZER 23,
RONNIE BREWER 15
LAL - KOBE BRYANT 33, DEREK FISHER 19, ANDREW
BYNUM 15</div>

 

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Maybe Kobe Bryant should change hismind about leaving the Los Angeles Lakers.


Bryant scored 33 points and Derek Fisher chipped in 19 as theLakers pulled off a 119-109 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sundaynight.


Bryant, who shot 13-of-19 from the field, has been involved inon-again, off-again trade rumors since the summer when he saidhe wanted to be moved because off the Lakers' failure to field acompetitive squad.


But Los Angeles has played well so far this campaign.

It was the second impressive triumph for the Lakers, who cameaway with a 119-98 win over the Phoenix Suns on the road intheir previous outing. Both Utah and Phoenix made the playoffsa season ago.


In the fourth quarter, second-year guard Jordan Farmar camealive, scoring five of his 12 points during a 7-0 burst as theLakers grabbed an 88-82 edge with 10:44 left.


Deron Williams helped slice Utah's deficit to 92-89 with hisjumper at the 8:22 mark. But Los Angeles pulled away for goodbehind an 11-4 run, capped by Andrew Bynum's three-point playwith 4:56 remaining.


Bynum finished with 15 points and nine boards in 19 minutes offthe bench. The 20-year-old big man was mentioned in traderumors involving teammate Lamar Odom and Indiana's JermaineO'Neal this summer.


Luke Walton and Ronny Turiaf poured in 10 points apiece for LosAngeles, which shot a blistering 55 percent (43-of-77) from thefield and overcame 18 turnovers.


Williams scored 25 points and Carlos Boozer registered 23 and 12rebounds for the Jazz, who were outscored, 38-27, in the finalquarter.

 

NBA: UTAH at LA LAKERS

<div class="pre">UTAH (109) AT LA LAKERS (119)

UTAH

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

A KIRILENKO F 31:55 4-7 6-8 1 3 4 2 5 1 3 14
C BOOZER F 35:49 9-18 5-5 3 9 12 6 5 2 5 23
M OKUR C 35:37 3-14 7-9 3 4 7 5 6 0 1 13
R BREWER G 34:05 6-9 3-6 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 15
D WILLIAMS G 39:50 10-18 3-4 1 1 2 5 3 0 1 26
M HARPRING 16:05 3-5 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 6
J HART 8:10 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0
P MILLSAP 15:18 4-5 2-4 0 3 3 0 4 1 1 10
J COLLINS 9:16 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 0
G GIRICEK 13:55 1-5 0-0 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 2
R PRICE DNP - COACH'S DECISION
C MILES DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 40-82 26-36 9 23 32 25 29 9 16 109
(.488) (.722) TEAM REBS: 12 TOTAL TO: 16 (22 PTS)

LA LAKERS

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

L WALTON F 35:05 4-8 2-3 2 4 6 6 4 1 2 10
R TURIAF F 23:41 5-6 0-2 1 3 4 2 5 0 1 10
K BROWN C 20:38 3-6 0-0 1 4 5 3 2 1 3 6
K BRYANT G 42:42 13-19 6-8 0 5 5 3 4 3 5 33
D FISHER G 30:35 3-11 13-14 0 3 3 5 2 1 3 19
A BYNUM 19:22 6-7 3-3 1 8 9 2 6 0 0 15
J FARMAR 17:25 5-8 1-1 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 12
B COOK 6:24 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 2
V RADMANOVIC 25:14 2-6 4-4 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 9
C MIHM 7:05 0-2 1-2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
M EVANS 11:25 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 2
S VUJACIC 0:24 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTALS 240:00 43-77 30-37 6 34 40 29 29 9 18 119
(.558) (.811) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 19 (21 PTS)

UTAH 21 30 31 27 - 109
LA LAKERS 25 21 35 38 - 119

BLOCKED SHOTS: UTAH - C BOOZER, D WILLIAMS, P MILLSAP. LA LAKERS -
K BROWN 4, K BRYANT 2.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: UTAH 3-14 (.214), M OKUR 0-5, D WILLIAMS 3-5, M HARPRING 0-
1, J HART 0-1, G GIRICEK 0-2. LA LAKERS 3-16 (.188), L WALTON 0-2,
R TURIAF 0-1, K BRYANT 1-2, D FISHER 0-2, J FARMAR 1-4, B COOK 0-
1, V RADMANOVIC 1-3, M EVANS 0-1.
TECHNICAL FOULS: UTAH - D WILLIAMS.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: BOB DELANEY, MONTY MCCUTCHEN, RON OLESIAK.
A - 18,997. T - 2:21.</div>

 

NBA: UTAH at LA LAKERS

<div class="pre">UTAH (109)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
A Kirilenko 31:55 4-7 6-8 1-4 2 5 14
C Boozer 35:49 9-18 5-5 3-12 6 5 23
M Okur 35:37 3-14 7-9 3-7 5 6 13
R Brewer 34:05 6-9 3-6 1-1 1 1 15
D Williams 39:50 10-18 3-4 1-2 5 3 26
M Harpring 16:05 3-5 0-0 0-0 1 1 6
J Hart 8:10 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0
P Millsap 15:18 4-5 2-4 0-3 0 4 10
J Collins 9:16 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 2 0
G Giricek 13:55 1-5 0-0 0-1 3 2 2
R Price DNP - COACH'S DECISION
C Miles DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 40-82 26-36 9-32 25 29 109
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.488, FT-.722. 3-Point Goals:
3-14, .214 (M Okur 0-5, D Williams 3-5, M
Harpring 0-1, J Hart 0-1, G Giricek 0-2).
Team Rebounds: 12. Blocked Shots:3 (C Boozer,
D Williams, P Millsap). Turnovers:16 (C
Boozer 5, A Kirilenko 3, J Hart 2, M
Harpring, P Millsap, R Brewer, D Williams, M
Okur, J Collins). Steals: 9 (C Boozer 2, G
Giricek 2, R Brewer 2, J Hart, P Millsap, A
Kirilenko).


LA LAKERS (119)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
L Walton 35:05 4-8 2-3 2-6 6 4 10
R Turiaf 23:41 5-6 0-2 1-4 2 5 10
K Brown 20:38 3-6 0-0 1-5 3 2 6
K Bryant 42:42 13-19 6-8 0-5 3 4 33
D Fisher 30:35 3-11 13-14 0-3 5 2 19
A Bynum 19:22 6-7 3-3 1-9 2 6 15
J Farmar 17:25 5-8 1-1 1-2 4 1 12
B Cook 6:24 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 2 2
V Radmanovic 25:14 2-6 4-4 0-2 2 2 9
C Mihm 7:05 0-2 1-2 0-1 1 1 1
M Evans 11:25 1-2 0-0 0-2 1 0 2
S Vujacic 0:24 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 43-77 30-37 6-40 29 29 119
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.558, FT-.811. 3-Point Goals:
3-16, .188 (L Walton 0-2, R Turiaf 0-1, K
Bryant 1-2, D Fisher 0-2, J Farmar 1-4, B
Cook 0-1, V Radmanovic 1-3, M Evans 0-1).
Team Rebounds: 9. Blocked Shots:6 (K Brown 4,
K Bryant 2). Turnovers:18 (K Bryant 5, D
Fisher 3, K Brown 3, B Cook 2, L Walton 2, C
Mihm, V Radmanovic, R Turiaf). Steals: 9 (K
Bryant 3, M Evans 2, D Fisher, V Radmanovic,
K Brown, L Walton).

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UTAH 21 30 31 27 - 109
LA LAKERS 25 21 35 38 - 119
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Technical fouls: Utah - 1 (D Williams, 10:24
3rd).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 18,997. T: 2:21.
Officials: Bob Delaney, Monty McCutchen, Ron
Olesiak.</div>

 

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Maybe Kobe Bryant should change hismind about leaving the Los Angeles Lakers.


Bryant scored 33 points and Derek Fisher chipped in 19 as theLakers pulled off a 119-109 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sundaynight.


Bryant, who shot 13-of-19 from the field, has been involved inon-again, off-again trade rumors since the summer when he saidhe wanted to be moved because off the Lakers' failure to field acompetitive squad.


"We just try to stay away from that, and let management and Kobedeal with their issues and stay together," Lakers guard JordanFarmar said. "We enjoy each other, we really do. We likeplaying with each other so we want to stay together as much aspossible. He's on board, he's playing the right way and it's alot of fun."


But Los Angeles has played well so far this campaign.

It was the second impressive triumph for the Lakers, who cameaway with a 119-98 win over the Phoenix Suns on the road intheir previous outing. Both Utah and Phoenix made the playoffsa season ago.


"We are taking it one day at a time, one game at a time," Bryantsaid. "We understand that it is a long season and we playedwell tonight and what we have to do is get some rest, get ourbodies healed back up and get back to practice."


A second-year guard, Farmar came alive in third quarter, scoringfive of his 12 points during a 7-0 burst as the Lakers grabbedan 88-82 edge with 10:44 left.


Deron Williams helped slice Utah's deficit to 92-89 with hisjumper at the 8:22 mark. But Los Angeles pulled away for goodbehind an 11-4 run, capped by Andrew Bynum's three-point playwith 4:56 remaining.


Bynum finished with 15 points and nine boards in 19 minutes offthe bench. The 20-year-old big man was mentioned in traderumors involving teammate Lamar Odom and Indiana's JermaineO'Neal this summer.


"What it is I think is that we bring energy off the benchsometimes," Bynum said. "It is something (Farmar) along with(Ronny) Turiaf. Sometimes a good amount of energy will changethe games outcome."


Luke Walton and Ronny Turiaf poured in 10 points apiece for LosAngeles, which shot a blistering 55 percent (43-of-77) from thefield and overcame 18 turnovers.


Williams scored 26 points and Carlos Boozer registered 23 and 12rebounds for the Jazz, who were outscored, 38-27, in the finalquarter.


"They over powered us physically," Boozer said. "Sometimes wejust go mixed up a little bit be we have to do a better job ofclamping down on them. There team is very good offensively sowe have to do a better job defensively in order to slow themdown."


"We looked tired out there. And you can't do that when you playback-to-back," Williams said. "It's part of the NBA scheduling.Sometimes you have to play three games in four nights. This wasa good test for us and we need to improve ourselves in thataspect."