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The Los Angeles Lakers knocked out the Denver Nuggets in a 4 game sweep, now their focus swifts to the Utah Jazz.  Game 1 was no contest as the Lakers, they won that game and now look to Game 2 which will be played Wednesday night.  The Utah Jazz are suppose to be much tougher than the Nuggets.  During the regular season the Lakers had no problem beating the Jazz in 3 out of the 4 games they played.  In Sunday’s game the Utah Jazz shot 38% overall and was four for 19 on the three-pointers.  Utah coach Jerry Sloan knows that this will be a tough match-up.  He knows his team has no one even close to Kobe Bryant which will make this series hard for them.  He told the media that fatigue was not a factor in Game 1.  Coach Sloan is known for his no tolerance or excuses for losing.  In order to win Game 2 the Jazz are really going to have to make their shots.  In Game 1 they shot 95 shots and they missed 59 of them.  They shot 22 more than the Lakers.  Also Devon Williams is going to have to be on Kobe like white on rice or Bryant will be on him.   Bryant avg 30 pts per game in the season series but LA’s biggest mismatch is in the frontcourt.  Carlos Boozer is one of the best power fowards in the game but he cant defend Pau Gasol and Odom. 

Derek Fisher is also not getting any love from his former team.  He was meet with boos on November 30th, the Jazz’s fisrt win in the regular season.  Bryant was not happy about that as he expressed his feelings to Cheryl Miller.  Bryant could still be holding that against the Jazz.  The keys to LA’s success in this series is to contain Kirilenko, put Kobe on D-Will, and continue to play unselfish.  If they can do that, this series will be over real quick.