Utah Jazz 98, LA Lakers 109: The Jazz have a very impressive home record, and they’ll need every game at home if they plan on beating the Lakers. The soon-t0-be-announced MVP Kobe Bryant had 38 points for the Lakers, 24 of which came in the first half. Just about every time the guy touched the ball the fans started chanting MVP, and it was often that he was touching it. Carlos Boozer had 15 points and 14 rebounds for the Jazz, but fouled out in the final five minutes while still within 5 points. Utah just played a series in which T-Mac was scoring at will, and it looks as if things won’t change with this Lakers star; Kobe was scoring at will, passing to get his team in it, and all around handling the Jazz from the opening tip. The Lakers are yet to lose a playoff game this year, the only team to have done so. Utah shot only 37 percent from the field, which would normally be the worst percentage of any team in a given day, but thankfully for Utah, the Hawks had played earlier.