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Utah's Deron Williams, left, had 35 points in the Jazz's Game 2 loss to the Lakers.

The Jazz didn’t get back to Utah until about 3 a.m. Wednesday and were back for practice at 11 a.m., still a little stunned by what the Lakers did the night before in a 41-point first quarter. Bryant’s only field goal was a 3-pointer, leaving the scoring to his teammates.

“The guys that you don’t expect to get points, they’re they ones that’s giving you a rough time,” Sloan said. “They become a little bit more relaxed. The pressure is on people like Kobe Bryant. He takes a lot of pressure off everybody.”

Utah recovered after the scoring outburst and was within three points in the fourth quarter before the Lakers pulled away again and sealed it.

The Jazz couldn’t quite catch the Lakers despite shooting 50 percent and getting a playoff career-high 35 points from Williams.

“We’ve got to have everybody clicking. we haven’t had a game where everybody was hitting,” said Williams, who also had nine assists Tuesday. “They’ve had all their guys making shots. We’ve got to have the same thing happen.”

Utah went 33-8 at home during the regular season, including a 113-109 win over the Lakers in February to start a 12-game winning streak.

But the Lakers had the best road record in the league, going 29-12 during the regular season.

“We have a terrific leader in Kobe who likes to play on the road and isn’t intimidated by it,” Jackson said. “With the kinds of games that happen on the road, we’re always capable of coming back into games because of that.”

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