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Lakers complete sweep of Jazz

Published:Wednesday | May 12, 2010 | 12:00 AM
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Pau Gasol ... 33 points. - AP
Utah Jazz centre Kyrylo Fesenko (left) fouls Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant as forward Paul Millsap looks on during the second half of Game 4 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series in Salt Lake City on Monday. The Lakers won 111-96 to complete a 4-0 series sweep.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP):

Kobe Bryant scored 32 points, and Pau Gasol added 33 points and 14 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers completed a four-game sweep of the Utah Jazz with a 111-96 victory on Monday to advance to the Western Conference finals for the third straight year.

The Lakers quickly ended the Jazz's hopes of extending the series by pulling ahead by 22 in the second quarter. Utah got within five in the third, but couldn't sustain the comeback against the defending NBA champions, who made very few mistakes and didn't give the Jazz many chances to rally.

Los Angeles had just six turnovers and made 29-of-36 foul shots while knocking Utah out of the playoffs for the third straight year. The Lakers are off until hosting the Phoenix Suns next Monday in Game 1 of the West finals.

Deron Williams led Utah with 21 points and nine assists.

Magic 98 Hawks 84

At Atlanta, Vince Carter scored 22 points to lead another dominating performance by Orlando, who finished off their second straight play-off sweep.

Orlando won the four games by a total of 101 points, the largest margin ever in a four-game sweep of an NBA playoff series.

The Magic, who lost to the Lakers in last year's NBA finals, have won 14 in a row - the last eight in the play-offs - and 28 of 31 games. They will face either Boston or Cleveland in the Eastern Conference finals.

Hawks star Joe Johnson finished off a miserable series by scoring only 14 points on 5-of-15 shooting. He was booed by the home crowd at the start of the game and got the same treatment when he went to the bench with 3:51 to play. The fans were still miffed that he said he didn't care if they "showed up or not" after they heckled the team in a 30-point loss on Saturday.