With the series shifting here to Utah, the Lakers can expect an already physical series to become even more physical as the Jazz play in front of their home crowd.
The popular opinion is that the calls have been mostly in the Lakers favor through the first two games of the series, but most believe that will change along with the change of venue.
The Lakers will have to play through whatever is thrown at them and remained focused on the task at hand.
“We talked about it, out that part of it, about playing through contact. I had a couple of young players that got distracted by contact in the last game and lost their focus on the team defense. So we talked about that,” said Jackson before Friday’s game.
