"There's going to be some Lakers fans there," Deron Williams said. "The Laker fans are everywhere. If they're not, they jump on the bandwagon. But we should have a good crowd."

"Our fans have been terrific to play in front of," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said. "I think the Lakers have great fans. They'll have a lot of good fans here [tonight], I'm sure. They always have, so it'll be interesting to see what happens."

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Feeling the strain

Mehmet Okur did not practice Tuesday with the strained right hamstring he suffered April 13. Okur has increased his activity level and said before practice he was planning to do some defensive slides, rebounding drills and shooting.

"I wish I was out there and playing," Okur said. "This is the kind of injury I've never had in my life before and it's hard to judge, so I can't tell -- one day, a couple hours, a couple days -- I don't know when I'm going to come back.

"I try to do my best every day, coming in, trying to get better, get healthy, but I'm getting closer."

Sloan has tried not to bemoan the loss of Okur -- the Jazz's second-leading scorer (17.0 points) and the NBA's sixth-best three-point shooter (44.6 percent) -- in this series.

"We can't worry about Memo until he puts his uniform on," Sloan said. "Somebody else has got to step up and play, and that's just the way it is."

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Law of averages?

Trevor Ariza came into these playoffs a 29.9 percent three-point shooter for his five-year career. Shannon Brown was a 32.6 percent three-pointer shooter in his three NBA seasons.

Through two games, however, Ariza has hit six of seven three-pointers while Brown has gone five of six. Those numbers have caused a considerable amount of head scratching among the Jazz's players and coaches.

"Maybe a change in venue will mix that up a little bit," Kyle Korver said. For all the focus on slowing Kobe Bryant , Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum , Korver added, "When you've got everybody else shooting 90 percent from three, that makes it tough."

"You try to play against their other people as much as you can," Sloan said, "but people you don't expect to get points and stuff, they're the ones that's giving you a rough time."

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Right to bare arms

After a 1-for-5 first quarter in Game 2, Korver ditched the sleeves and pads he's been wearing for various wrist and elbow injuries. He finished with 12 points on 4-for-10 shooting. "I just felt more free," said Korver, who plans to do the same for Game 3.