SBG Global Opening Line: Jazz - 4 , Total 215

The Utah Jazz will try and use their NBA best home court advantage to get back in their series against the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday. The Lakers won the first two games at home and now the Jazz hope it is their turn. "We've got to stay disciplined. We've got to work harder to get open," Utah point guard Deron Williams said. "They're trying to deny us and push us farther out than we want to, so we're starting our offense from farther out and it's disrupting us a little bit." SBG Global reports that early NBA betting has the public taking Jazz at Home.

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Utah went 37-4 at home during the regular season, but one of those losses was to the Lakers. The win by Los Angeles at Utah in March ended Utah’s 19 game home winning streak. The Jazz know they must get back to running their offense and getting Carlos Boozer involved. Boozer had just 10 points and five rebounds in the game two loss on Wednesday. He averaged 21 points and 10 rebounds during the regular season. Boozer is just 9 for 24 in the series. "Right now they're packing the lane. That's what I would if I was their team right now. Pack the lane and make us hit jump shots," Boozer said. "We have to knock them down." The Jazz will need to start doing what they did during the regular season. "They're going to defend us. They're not going to drop off and say, 'OK, we're not going to defend you because we're not in L.A.' That's what made them very good. They're a very good defensive team," Utah head coach Jerry Sloan said. "They have a tendency to slow us down and we start walking through what we're doing." The Jazz also have to prove that they can play with the Lakers. So far in this series they haven’t done that. "A lot of people don't think we can even play with this team. We feel like we can.” Williams said, “We feel like we haven't even played a good game against them yet. Hopefully we're due for one."

SBG Global Current Line: Jazz - 4.5, Total 215

Lakers coach Phil Jackson knows things will be different in Utah. "They're scrumming around. That's much more decisive on their court," Jackson said. The Lakers are now 6-0 in the playoffs as they swept the Nuggets before this series against Utah. "We obviously have an advantage. What we did was take care of our home court," said Kobe Bryant, "Now we've got to try and stop them from taking care of their home court."

Here are the NBA betting stats for Friday’s game.

The Lakers are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 Conference Semifinals games.
 The Lakers are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 vs. the Northwest.
The Lakers are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games playing on 1 day of rest.
 The Lakers are 8-0 ATS in their last 8 games overall.
The Lakers are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games as a road underdog.
 The Lakers are 21-8-1 ATS in their last 30 games as an underdog.
The Lakers are 35-16-1 ATS in their last 52 road games.
 The Lakers are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 Friday games.

The Jazz are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 Friday games.
The Jazz are 7-2-1 ATS in their last 10 playoff games as a favorite.
The Jazz are 38-13-1 ATS in their last 52 games as a home favorite.
The Jazz are 11-5 ATS in their last 16 games playing on 1 day of rest.
The Jazz are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall.
The home team is 5-1 ATS in the last 6 meetings between the two teams.
The favorite is 4-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings.

The Under is 4-1 in the Lakers last 5 vs. the Northwest.
The Under is 4-1 in the Lakers last 5 road games.
The Over is 10-3 in the Lakers last 13 Friday games.

The Over is 21-7 in Utah’s last 28 vs. the Pacific.
The Under is 6-2 in Utah’s last 8 games playing on 1 day of rest.
The Over is 8-3 in Utah’s last 11 games as a favorite.
The Over is 5-2 in Utah’s last 7 playoff games as a favorite.
The Over is 5-2-1 in Utah’s last 8 Friday games.
The Over is 7-3 in Utah’s last 10 home games.
The Over is 11-5 in the last 16 meetings between the two teams.

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