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TZ, I wish I could share your optimism about the sweep, I really do. I mean, if the Lakers were to accomplish that, and go 8-0 to get themselves to the WCF - that would be so ridiculously huge that it would almost be too hard to comprehend.
I just can't help but thinking that, as good as the Lakers have played to take these first two games, Deron Williams is going to finally shake himself free of Fisher's hold on him to get himself and his teammates off early and often when the series resumes in Utah. You could see him already snapping out of the funk that Derek was enveloping him in during his 3rd qtr explosion. D. Will is too good to allow that to continue (with all due respect to Fisher, to whom I would've awarded the Game 2 ball to.)
I see the Lakers splitting in Utah and taking the series in 5 games upon their return to L.A. next Wednesday night. The only way I can possibly see the Lakers win both games in Utah is if the Jazz fans do something really stupid to begin Game 3 - like booing Fisher from the outset. If that happens, then all bets are off and I wouldn't be surprised at all if Kobe were to go totally postal and drop a bomb on everyone and everything in a sky-blue uniform.
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