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Published on Friday, May 09, 2008
By Elliott Teaford
The Lakers handled their opponents with remarkable ease through the first sixgames of the playoffs, rarely appearing tentative in any way. Six games played, sixgames won, and with hardly a threatening moment in any of them.
Then things went haywire.
The Utah Jazz ended the Lakers' winning streak and dented their invincible aura with a 104-99 victory in Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinal playoff series Friday night at EnergySolutions Arena.
The Lakers lead the best-of-7 series, two games to one. They had won 10 consecutive games, including their final four regular-season contests.
Game 4 is Sunday afternoon, and the Lakers have plenty of work to do between now and then if they hoped to regain their momentum and their swagger. Playing a more complete game would seem to be atop their to-do list at practice today.
The Jazz raised the level of their play after dropping the first two games.
Now, it's the Lakers' turn.
"We'll tighten up," Kobe Bryant promised
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