Written by Spencer
| 02 April 2010
I hate the Los Angeles Lakers #78 90 million dollars. As I predicted at the beginning of the year, the Lakers have signed Kobe to a 3 year extension keeping Kobe, Gasol, Odom, Artest, Bynum together until the end of the 2013 season, which also happens to be the last year of Deron's Contract. Meaning, that unless we get really big, really quick, Deron will be probably bounce in the prime of his career after not winning a championship with the Utah Jazz because of the Lakers.Does this bother me yes, even though I am expecting it.
The Jazz are in one of the craziest playoff races I can remember even crazier than a few years back when all the West teams had a bunch of teams close to 50 win (which may happen this year). They will end up anywhere from 2-5 barring a major injury or collapse on the Jazz' part. It is hard not to get caught up into the the whole playoff odds, and who will the Jazz play roller coaster. I realized today that it really doesn't matter. Without some major upsets the Jazz will likely have to win seven game series against the Spurs, the Nuggets, the Lakers, and the Cavs or Magic to win an NBA Championship. That is sixteen games against some really good teams. I am not trying to be a Debby Downer here I just have to prepare for the long miserable sumer with no basketball and this is how I do it. If you have followed the website for a while you know I get this way every year around this time.
Despite all the struggles the Lakers have had for the past little while, I feel that they will dominate this game tonight. Two reasons, Lamar Odom and our last few road games against good teams we have started horribly. Odom is the Lakers version of AK has some amazing nights with 18-9-5-3 and then has craptastic nights with 9-4-1-0. He has plaed uber well against the Jazz over the past few seasons.
Deron should Dominate Fisher, and Matthews should make Kobe play D.
STATS-
Jazz at Lakers
Preview |
GameTrax |
Depth Chart |
Head-to-Head
| Jazz |
Key Team Stats |
Lakers |
 104.2 |
Points scored |
 102.3 |
| 98.1 |
Points allowed |
97.0 |
| .492 |
FG% own |
.460 |
| .448 |
FG% opposition |
.444 |
| .364 |
3PT% own |
.343 |
| .349 |
3PT% opposition |
.325 |
| 803 |
Offensive Rebounds |
881 |
| 2384 |
Defensive Rebounds |
2445 |
| 3187 |
Total Rebounds |
3326 |
| 1.9 |
Assist/Turnover Ratio |
1.6 |
| 22.5 |
Fouls Per Game |
19.5 |
| Scoring Stats |
Jazz |
Lakers |
|
Stat |
Rk |
Stat |
Rk |
| Winning % |
.658 |
4 |
.720 |
2 |
| Points Per Game |
104.2 |
4 |
102.3 |
7 |
| Points Allowed Per Game |
98.1 |
12 |
97.0 |
10 |
| Points Off Turnovers Per Game |
18.5 |
2 |
16.6 |
13 |
| Points Allowed Off Turnovers Per Game |
16.8 |
21 |
15.4 |
6 |
| Field Goals Attempted |
6072 |
17 |
6289 |
6 |
| Opposition Field Goals Attempted |
5979 |
8 |
6259 |
23 |
| Field Goals Made |
2986 |
3 |
2896 |
9 |
| Opposition Field Goals Made |
2681 |
7 |
2782 |
15 |
| Field Goal % |
.492 |
1 |
.460 |
15 |
| Opposition Field Goal % |
.448 |
7 |
.444 |
4 |
| Free Throws Attempted |
2086 |
2 |
1820 |
17 |
| Opposition Free Throws Attempted |
2103 |
28 |
1646 |
2 |
| Free Throws Made |
1544 |
3 |
1393 |
15 |
| Opposition Free Throws Made |
1595 |
28 |
1241 |
2 |
| Free Throw % |
.740 |
24 |
.765 |
12 |
| Opposition Free Throw % |
.758 |
14 |
.754 |
10 |
| Defensive Stats |
Jazz |
Lakers |
|
Stat |
Rk |
Stat |
Rk |
| Total Rebounds Per Game |
41.9 |
13 |
44.3 |
1 |
| Opposition Total Rebounds Per Game |
39.1 |
3 |
42.1 |
17 |
| Offensive Rebounds Per Game |
10.6 |
19 |
11.7 |
10 |
| Opposition Offensive Rebounds Per Game |
10.3 |
7 |
11.1 |
15 |
| Defensive Rebounds Per Game |
31.4 |
11 |
32.6 |
4 |
| Opposition Defensive Rebounds Per Game |
28.8 |
4 |
30.9 |
18 |
| Team Rebounds Per Game |
8.8 |
6 |
8.3 |
13 |
| Opposition Team Rebounds Per Game |
8.0 |
9 |
8.0 |
9 |
| Steals Per Game |
8.3 |
3 |
7.7 |
9 |
| Opposition Steals Per Game |
7.6 |
22 |
7.1 |
11 |
| Blocked Shots Per Game |
5.0 |
12 |
4.8 |
18 |
| Opposition Blocked Shots Per Game |
5.4 |
24 |
4.4 |
6 |
| Assists & Turnovers Stats |
Jazz |
Lakers |
|
Stat |
Rk |
Stat |
Rk |
| Assists Per Game |
26.8 |
1 |
21.1 |
15 |
| Opposition Assists Per Game |
19.6 |
7 |
21.7 |
20 |
| Turnovers Per Game |
14.3 |
21 |
13.2 |
10 |
| Opposition Turnovers Per Game |
14.4 |
6 |
13.5 |
18 |
| Team Turnovers Per Game |
0.6 |
8 |
0.4 |
2 |
| Opposition Team Turnovers Per Game |
0.7 |
8 |
0.8 |
2 |
| Fouls & Penalties Stats |
Jazz |
Lakers |
|
Stat |
Rk |
Stat |
Rk |
| Personal Fouls Per Game |
22 |
26 |
19 |
3 |
| Opposition Personal Fouls Per Game |
22.2 |
4 |
21.1 |
13 |
| Disqualifications (Fouled Out) |
16 |
28 |
5 |
2 |
| Opposition Disqualifications (Fouled Out) |
13 |
4 |
12 |
6 |
| Player Technical Fouls |
16 |
9 |
41 |
29 |
| Opposition Player Technical Fouls |
16 |
23 |
26 |
9 |
| Team Technical Fouls |
14 |
3 |
29 |
14 |
| Opposition Team Technical Fouls |
22 |
23 |
13 |
30 |
| Coach Technical Fouls |
4 |
14 |
0 |
1 |
| Opposition Coach Technical Fouls |
4 |
14 |
4 |
14 |
| Bench Technical Fouls |
0 |
1 |
1 |
22 |
| Opposition Bench Technical Fouls |
0 |
16 |
2 |
1 |
| Flagrant Fouls |
0 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
| Opposition Flagrant Fouls |
4 |
5 |
2 |
15 |
| Player Ejections |
1 |
11 |
2 |
25 |
| Opposition Player Ejections |
2 |
2 |
0 |
20 |
| Coach Ejections |
1 |
19 |
0 |
1 |
| Opposition Coach Ejections |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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