Post-season summary 2009–10 Los Angeles Lakers season

1 post-season summary

1.1 oklahoma city thunder
1.2 utah jazz
1.3 phoenix suns
1.4 boston celtics

post-season summary

oklahoma city thunder

andrew bynum shoots free throw against thunder in game 5.

the lakers played oklahoma city thunder in first round of playoffs. both bryant , bynum returned injury start in first game. in game one, lakers outscored thunder 27-13 in first quarter. thunder attempted close in on lead, lakers held on in 2nd half, matching thunder s point total in 3rd , 4th quarter. although bryant led lakers in points scored (21), gasol had impressive night statically, collecting 19 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, , 3 blocks. series went oklahoma city games 3 , four. thunder won both games including 21-point win in game 4. kevin durant averaged 30.5 points in 2 games lead thunder. during 2 games, thunder used speed run on lakers translated 24 fast-break points , 23 second-chance points in game 4. in game 5 in l.a., gasol , bynum combined 46 points, 22 rebounds, , 6 assists in 111-87 win. game 6 saw lakers returning oklahoma city clinch series win. lakers bench outscored thunder s 30-16, thunder claimed one-point lead 3:04 play. time winding down, gasol caught offensive rebound off of missed jump shot bryant , scored layup 0.5 seconds remaining in game win.

utah jazz

the lakers next opponent utah jazz advanced second round of playoffs defeating denver nuggets 4-2. third straight year 2 teams met in playoffs. lakers started off first quarter shooting 79.8% field, , leading 10 @ half time. lakers gave lead in 4th quarter before bryant scored 11 points in final 4 minutes lead lakers 104-99 victory. although bryant had successful night in game 2, lakers front court of gasol, bynum, , odom dominated game. each had @ least 11 points, 14 rebounds, , 2 blocks while team outrebounded jazz 58-40 111-103 victory. andrei kirilenko returned in game 3 more month out strained left calf. while lakers big men dominate in first 2 games, had rely on backcourt in game 3 bynum , odom being held in check. jazz coach jerry sloan said jazz s effort keep lakers out of middle opened 3-point shots , los angeles capitalized. artest scored 18 of 20 points in second half while overcoming three-point range slump in playoffs. fourth quarter had 12 lead changes, including bryant , fisher making back-to-back 3-pointers during 8-2 run in final minute. in final 4 seconds, deron williams missed shot , wesley matthews rebound , tip missed before end of game. lakers won 111-110 , on verge of sweeping jazz. in game four, lakers jumped ahead , led 22 points in first half. jazz opened third quarter 11-2 run , able cut lead 70-65, lakers responded finishing period on 10-2 run , led 80-67 @ end of third quarter. lakers led 10 of 4th quarter. coach phil jackson called first consistent game have played...we controlled game , forced our on our opponent. bryant scored @ least 30 points in 4 games , lakers swept series 4-0.

phoenix suns

the lakers faced phoenix suns in western conference finals. in game 1, lakers blew out suns 128-107 led bryant s 40 points including 23 in third quarter. odom came off bench tally 19 points, 19 rebounds, , 3 assists. in game 2 bryant played role of facilitator, putting 13 assists, while gasol recorded 29 points, 9 rebounds, , 5 assists. teams tied @ 90-90 heading fourth quarter, bryant , gasol led fourth quarter rally , lakers won game 124-112. game 3 played in phoenix, suns used big men , physical play win game. amar e stoudemire scored 42 points , grabbed 11 rebounds while robin lopez 20 points. odom , bynum, however, both picked fouls , ineffective lakers of game. lakers scored 15 points in second quarter , down 86-84 in after 3 quarters. lakers able take lead 90-89 8:47 play, suns rallied win 118-109. after battling each other in game 4 , slugging out 23-23 first quarter, suns erupted 41 points in second quarter, shooting 74%. in 4th quarter lakers led 87-85. however, suns reserve players (who outscored lakers reserves 54-20) produced , 18-3 run in 4th lakers never recovered despite bryant s 38 points , 10 assists. in game 5, lakers surged 16-point lead in first half including 21-4 run , led 18 points half time. steve nash, had 29 points , 11 assists in game, led suns 16-4 rally in third quarter trim lead 6 end of period , 1 2:52 left in game. jason richardson made 3 pointer 3.5 seconds left in game tie score 101-101. on next possession, bryant, had 30 points , 11 assists in game, air-balled three, artest offensively rebounded , made game winning layup time expired. in game 6 in phoenix, lakers had lead of game. los angeles outscored suns 23-10 on last 8 minutes of second quarter lead 65-53 @ break , 17 entering fourth. suns went on 16-4 run , cut lakers lead 95-90 6:09 remaining in game. artest scored 25 in game , bryant had 37-point performance including 9 points in final 2 minutes win game 111-103 , clinch series 4-2.

boston celtics