Limited to seven minutes by foul trouble and possibly the lingering effects of regular-season knee surgery, Bynum scored two points and grabbed two rebounds during Utah's 88-86 win.

Bynum was called for his first foul 16 seconds into the game. He picked up his second foul four minutes later, when his ability to impact Game 3 went to the bench with him.

Asked if he's ever been less productive in a NBA game, Bynum smiled and said, quot;I've done that about two of three times. Never in only seven minutes, though.quot;

He continued: quot;Offensive fouls are killing me, and trying to prevent easy dunks are killing me. But I was only frustrated with the offensive fouls because those are things you can control. No. 1, getting those is a turnover. No. 2, you take yourself out of the game.quot;

Bynum's presence inside is one of the Lakers' big advantages over the size-challenged Jazz but, so far, he averages only 7.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks.

Although he still needs to get in quot;Basketball shapequot; after missing 32 games of surgery, Bynum says his knee is quot;all right. ... I believe I can [contribute]. I just haven't been on the court a long enough time.quot;

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Unhappy campers

When the media was allowed into practice Friday afternoon at the EnergySolutions Arena, the Lakers were just finishing up.

Pau Gasol and Derek Fisher practiced their free throws on one end while Kobe Bryant sat in a front-row seat under the opposite basket, watching a 4-on-4 game involving Lakers who play limited minutes.

At one point, Adam Morrison and Sasha Vujacic started pushing, shoving and shouting at each other. Neither apparently appreciated the way the other was playing defense.

quot;One more time,quot; Morrison yelled, walking toward Vujacic, who shrugged. quot;One more time.quot;

As the game continued, the contempt lingered from possession to possession, until assistant coach Bill Bertka finally shouted, quot;Let's go.quot;

Still, Morrison and Vujacic continued talking, gesturing, complaining to assistant coach Brian Shaw that the other was fouling, Fisher finally walked over, intervened and finally got the two unhappy opponents to start playing Basketball again.

luhm@sltrib.com