nba playoffs 2009: day 10
Day 10 of the playoffs features another team advancing to the next round and that’s the LA Lakers who had an easy time against the Utah Jazz by beating them 107-86. Kobe Bryant was just on fire as he hit his threes, made his layups and dunks and also made his teammates look good. He finished the night with 31 points, 4 assists and 4 steals.
They almost let a 22 point lead slip away but it’s all over now as they await the winner of the Portland Trailblazers-Houston Rockets series.
We also saw the Atlanta Hawks get out of their recent slump and tie the series against the Miami Heat.
Zaza Pachulia was really big for the Hawks as he went on to score 12 points and grab 18 rebounds in their 81-71 victory. He was much needed as the Hawks, after winning the first game, has been struggling.
In this game, it was Dwayne Wade who was struggling as he finished with 22 points on 9-26 shots. There was practically no help from the other teammates except Jermain O’neal and James Jones, who has got to have the plays of the night by hitting two 4 point plays in a span of 11 seconds.
The game of the night should go to the Denver Nuggets against the New Orleans Hornets where the Hornets just got crushed by 58 points, 121-63, which tied the most lopsided victory in NBA playoff history.
The Nuggets just played extremely well on both ends of the floor as they were quicker to the ball and hustled more that lead to easy transition baskets. It was just a great night for the Nuggets as their coach was really pleased with the performance.
“Every coach talks about playing a playoff game, every possession having value, every possession having intensity to it,” Karl said. “I thought my team, probably in my career, I’ve never seen a team probably do that on every possession—do what they were supposed to do and play the game the right way— as much as they did tonight.”
(2) Denver Nuggets VS (7) New Orleans Hornets
Denver leads series 3-1
(4) Atlanta Hawks VS (5) Miami Heat
Series tied at 2-2
(1) Los Angeles Lakers VS (8) Utah Jazz
LA wins series 4-1
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