Half: Lakers 66, Jazz 38

The Lakers looked like a team tuning up for their bitter rivals, the Boston Celtics on Sunday, and the Utah Jazz looked like a team playing the final game on a five-game cross-country trip. The Lakers shot 63.2 percent in the first half and the Jazz didn't. it was that simple. Kobe Bryant scored 15 points on 5-for-8 shooting for the Lakers. The Lakers outscored the Jazz, 22-12, in the paint and had 20 assists to only 12 for the Jazz. Utah shot 32.6 percent.