Lakers beat Jazz to edge closer to conference finals (Reuters)

May 15th, 2008

Los Angeles Lakers Pau Gasol slam dunks for two points in the final seconds of Game 5 of their NBA basketball playoff series against the Utah Jazz in Los Angeles, California May 14, 2008. Watching the play are Utah Jazz Carlos Boozer (L), Andrei Kirilenko (2nd R) and Mehmet Okur (R). (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)Reuters - Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom picked up the slack with MVP Kobe Bryant slowed by a sore back to lift the Lakers to a 111-104 over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday, putting the home team one win from the Western Conference finals.