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Originally Posted by Rock Bottom
Should be interesting to see if the Jazz can turn this series around as they are the toughest team to beat at home.
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Funny, I remember ESPN's Ric Bucher stating a stupid remark that the reason why Utah have a big advantage at home is because their fans are mormons and have have nothing to do in Salt Lake but to watch the Jazz play.
Its always nice to play home, (ask the Hawks) but I think their home record (31-4) is overrated since its in the regular season, playoffs is different. Houston already proved that. Teams are familiar to each other, players have few days to rest and get used to the climate and if you have a closer like Kobe Bryant, where you can send him to Mt. Everest and score 50 just because he's that good... its not gonna be that much of a factor...unless Utah decides to be more physical, intense and scrappy in this series...this will be over soon.
Lakers will win at least one in Utah and finish this at 5 games at the most.