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Los Angeles Lakers vs Utah Jazz

Carlos Boozer and the Utah Jazz hope to spoil Kobe Bryant's MVP celebration.More important, the Jazz hope to even the Western Conference semifinals with the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night before the series moves to Salt Lake City for Games 3 and 4."If we can go out there and ruin their party a little bit by getting a victory, that helps us a lot," Boozer said. "Kobe is the MVP. He deserves the trophy. We just want to win the game."The NBA made it official Tuesday - four days after the word was leaked - that Bryant had won his first MVP award. He'll receive the trophy before Game 2 at Staples Center.

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Boston Celtics vs Cleveland Cavaliers

Doc Rivers got a chance to see another side of LeBron James in February, when the Celtics coach was running the Eastern Conference All-Star team and the Cavaliers forward was winning the game's MVP award for the second time.It wasn't the shooting: Rivers has seen James score 30 points just about every time he's played Boston. Or the rebounding that led Rivers to dub James "Shaq-at-guard." Or the passing the coach compared to a Nolan Ryan fastball."His focus in the timeouts," Rivers said after practice on Monday. "It actually caught me off guard. His eyes were like beaming at me. You don't see that often. Especially not at the All-Star game."

I want to apologize for not being with you during last few weeks. I planned to return from business trip until Euroleague Final Four but unfortunately due the personal reasons was forced to stay there without ability to update web site because of technical problems. Hope that Euroleague season was succesful for you and next season you will come back to www.betonbasket.com.

During May you will see more previews for main European Leagues playoffs as well as NBA Playoffs especially during Monday-Friday when I have more time to update site.