Lakers Mismatches Leading To Wins

May 8, 2008

The Lakers are facing a tough Utah Jazz team but they give the Jazz a ton of matchup problems. They have no one that can guard Kobe, Gasol is too long for anyone to challenge once he gets deep position he can get a high percentage shot, and Lamar Odom is too quick and to good a ball handler for Okur or Boozer to guard.

Boozer has stunk it up pretty much the entire playoffs but if he can stay out of foul trouble he can contribute a lot more than the 10 points he did in game 2.

The biggest key for the Lakers in this series is to keep Odom and Gasol out of foul trouble and get Odom touches. This is really a series where Odom should be getting 25 points a game, if he attacks the Utah defenders like he should the Lakers can win this series in 4 games.

Written by Dre · Filed Under Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Playoffs 2008 | Leave a Comment