Kobe Took the gamble > As The Lakers Beats the Jazz in 6th

Kobe Bryant provided the start and the finish that the Los Angeles Lakers were looking for.

Bryant scored 34 points to lead six players in double figures as the Lakers built a big lead and held on Friday for a 108-105 victory over the Utah Jazz that wrapped up their Western Conference semifinal in six games.

The top-seeded Lakers joined the Detroit Pistons as the only teams to win road games in this round. In the conference finals for the first time since 2004, they await the winner of the New Orleans-San Antonio series.

Bryant made his first four shots and scored 10 points as the Lakers bolted to a 26-12 lead and never trailed. Hot shooting from guards Derek Fisher and Sasha Vujacic in the second quarter gave LA a 62-43 advantage at halftime, its largest lead.

The fourth-seeded Jazz, who came in 41-5 at home this season, battled back within seven points midway through the final period. But Bryant - who did not take a shot in the fourth quarter of Game 5 - made a 3-pointer and three-point play to rebuild the lead to 99-86 and added six free throws down the stretch.

Pau Gasol had 17 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks, Fisher scored 16 points, Lamar Odom added 13 and Vujacic and Vladimir Radmanovic 12 apiece for the Lakers, who shot 50 percent.

Deron Williams collected 21 points and 14 assists and Mehmet Okur scored 16 points for Utah, which shot just 38 percent.

The Jazz, who reached the conference finals a year ago, never led in losing the last two games



Well, Kobe had stood up to his own leadership now, as he lead his lakers for a long road to the NBA finals, defeating Utah isn't that easy, Energy Solutions Arena is also known as the dead zone of the playoffs so far because according to the Need4sheed.com forum no team in the playoffs during the 1st round had win there they close the lead just in 2 and 3 but never took the lead, in 2nd round the lakers also struggled but they made a difference in 6th.

As they opened the game with a blowout 1st half as lamar kobe and pau all stepped up, kobe was healthy during the game, lamar is doing his best as one of the keys in LA, and so does Pau gasol, the lakers shooters stepped up including sasha vujacic derek fisher, jordan farmar and some other benches also luke walton and ronny turiaf. combined for huge percentages coming off the bench as shown above.

Lakers will now join detroit to wait for the Eastern Conference Finals Vs who wins in New Orleans and San Antonio.

Great Performance by Kobe and His Lakers Team.

and so does Utah, What a Game what a series. it is absolutely fun watching this LA and Utah Series