Three-game series …

In the words of Jazz point guard Deron Williams, ‘It’s a three-game series now.”
It is, and the Jazz are convinced they can win what is actually a best-of-seven NBA Western Conference semifinal playoff series with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Jazz All-Star Carlos Boozer suggested he knows what it will take, too.
‘We still feel like in L.A. the first two games we played three good quarters, and we just didn’t play four. And for us to beat them we’re definitely going to have to play four good quarters out there,” Boozer said Monday, one day after the Jazz tied the series at 2-2 with an overtime win in Game 4. ‘They play very good at home, like every home team in the NBA, and for us to have a chance to win we’ll have to play very efficient all four quarters.
‘If we can steal the game on Wednesday, then we’ll have a chance to close it here on Friday,” Boozer added. ‘So the biggest thing right now is Game 5.”
Williams could not agree more.
‘We just have to focus on getting this next one,” he said. ‘You know, we have to win one out there eventually. Why not it be the next one?”