Oh, what a difference a year makes for the Utah Jazz.
At this time last season, the dysfunctional Jazz limped into the NBA Playoffs as the eighth seed in the Western Conference, and quickly got their ticket punched for summer vacation by Kobe Bryant’s Lakers.
As it turned out, L.A. was a team on a mission and the five-game series with the Jazz was just a footnote, as the Lakers made a triumphant return as world champions.
With only a fraction of the 2009-2010 regular season left, both the Jazz and Lakers are back in familiar postseason territory, but they’ll approach the playoffs from different angles.
For the defending champs, the true test is overcoming complacency—can they muster the same drive and intensity they had from last year? &n ...
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Will the Utah Jazz Finally Beat L.A. Lakers in the 2010 NBA Playoffs?
Posted: 26th March 2010 by TIM PETERSON in NBAComments Off on Will the Utah Jazz Finally Beat L.A. Lakers in the 2010 NBA Playoffs?