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Pau Gasol went 0-12 in postseason games with the Memphis Grizzlies. Then he went 6-0 to start this postseason with the Lakers -- until he laid an egg Friday night in Game 3 against Utah, which beat the Lakers, 104-99.
Gasol had a team-high five turnovers and was visibly frustrated that he could not control the ball or benefit from referee rulings. He finished with 12 points, six rebounds and one assist -- and the Lakers fell short of the 100-point mark for the first time this postseason.
"They did a good job crowding him once he put the ball on the floor and tried to surround him," Kobe Bryant said of Utah's players. "We'll have to make our adjustments in this next game (Sunday) in terms of freeing him up a little bit."
JAZZ 104, LAKERS 99: Carlos Boozer broke out of slump in a major way Friday night to lead the Jazz to victory, cutting the Lakers' series lead to 2-1 in the Western Conference semifinals. Kobe Bryant's 34 points, seven assists and six rebounds weren't enough to overcome an error-prone Lakers offense and Boozer's thrust.
Utah's Deron Williams (18 points, 12 assists) did well getting the ball where it needed to go, and Jazz center Mehmet Okur started fast in a 22-point game. The Lakers were handicapped by Derek Fisher's early foul trouble, and fill-in Jordan Farmar shot 0 for 6 from the field.
The Lakers made some pushes in the fourth quarter, but Boozer came up big after Utah's lead got trimmed to three points. The Lakers shot just 5 for 23 from 3-point range and got beat on the boards for the third straight game (Utah had 35 rebounds to the Lakers' 32).
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