The Jazz have a mountain to climb in front of them as the series against LA Lakers switch to Salt Lake City. Lakers head coach Phil Jackson has never lost a Playoff series after winning the first game (45-0) and has 52-1 record when he has any type of lead in a series. So from a purely statistical standpoint, it looks highly unlikely if not impossible for the Jazz to overturn their 2-0 deficit and proceed to the Western Conference Finals.
However, that still doesn't mean they are not a good basketball team and they won't win a game here. As a matter of fact, we are predicting that Jazz will win tonight's Game 3. The Jazz were really close to pulling out a stunner in Game 1 which they lost in the final seconds of the Game 2. They were close in Game 2, but now at their own floor and with Kirilenko back in the squad, they will be in a much better position to get the victory. Plus, Deron Williams shoots much better at home so he should be able to manufacture over 20 points in this gam

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