After falling behind big early against the Lakers, the Jazz fought back a number of times. In the 4th quarter, the Jazz were able to cut the Lakers lead down to 10 with about six and a half minutes left, forcing the Lakers to take a timeout. Coming out of that timeout the Lakers used a bit of luck to get themselves the dagger.
After running through an offense with a ton of cuts and off the ball movement, the Lakers try to enter the ball to Pau Gasol in the mid post. However, C.J. Miles makes a great read and anticipates the pass, breaking on the basketball.
Against the Magic, the Atlanta Hawks were beaten by a combined 101 points over 4 games. That is the most that any team has been beaten during a four game sweep. If you haven’t been able to catch all of the games (and I really don’t blame you if you didn’t watch), you would have been able to tell why the Hawks lost the series by watching just two plays during game 4. It basically sums up everything that went wrong for the Hawks.
This first play starts when Al Horford gets the ball on the wing. After a dribble drive from Horford, he is forced to pull up a fade away turn around jumper because of Dwight Howard’s defensive presence. The shot barely draws iron, and the Magic are going the other way, and the Hawks jog back with them. Jameer Nelson gets a nice little screen and Mike Bibby flails at the basketball rather than moving his feet and trying to help out. This dribble drive draws in the Hawks’ defenders.
