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Published on Thursday, May 08, 2008
By Steve Dilbeck
SALT LAKE CITY -- They don't believe.
Oh, they want to. They're trying hard to. You can almost hear the Jazz players straining to talk themselves into believing they can beat the Lakers.
"A lot of people don't think we can play with this team," said Jazz guard Deron Williams.
"We feel like we can.
"We feel like we haven't played a good game against them yet. Hopefully we're due for one."
This isn't the time of year to hang ambitions on hope. Not that two games makes a series, but the Jazz just don't look like a team that deep down in its little heart of hearts, believes it's the better team.
All while the Lakers' confidence swells by the game.
There's a swagger to them now, a deep belief borne of an unbeaten postseason run and an overall 10-game winning streak.
It's not that the Jazz has played terribly. It has played pretty well actually, just not well enough. Which is part of its problem.
The Jazz doesn't look confident, doesn't look like a team that expects to win
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