Why?

1) The L.A. Lakers became overconfident and are being punked by the much more physical Jazz.

2) They're losing the battle of the boards.

3) Kobe Bryant and Lamar Odom can't make wide open free throws. In other words, they're choking. Stop spinning that god damn ball so many times, Lamar, and just go up there and shoot it. You don't get bonus points for trying to make your free throw routine look all nice and artistic.

4) Vladimir Radmanob-!-t-c-h has given this team absolutely NOTHING. He's a bust, plain and simple. The new Slava Medvedenko. Soft as hell and plays with no fire under his belt. Send him to the Alps or Whistler Mountain so he can play the sport he really wants to play. Guaranteed he's gone next year as Ron Artest waits patiently to take his spot. Hurry back, Trevor Ariza, L.A needs you to take him out of the rotation.

5) Jordan Farmar and his nonchalant attitude. It's no surprise why UCLA players can't step up during the big games. In two postseasons, Farmar has not shown me anything to make me believe he's the Lakers' starting point guard of the future.

6) The Utah Jazz are playing with more heart, more grit, and certainly more toughness.

7) The Utah Jazz have figured them out.

8) Matt Harpring, Kyle Korver, Paul Millsap, and Ronnie Price have outplayed Sasha Vujacic, Luke Walton, Ronny Turiaf, and Farmar decisively.

9) Kobe Bryant, the MVP, once again had a lapse in game recognition in overtime, when he kept jacking up shot after shot not realizing Derek Fisher had the hot hand and was solely responsible for bringing his team back in the game late in the fourth quarter. Whether it's due to his bad back forcing his competitve nature to try and take over, I won't let Bryant off the hook on this one. There are no excuses. Kobe did not lead his team in Game 4.

10) The Lakers have allowed the raucous Jazz fans to affect their concentration. ALL momentum is now with Utah, and the young Lakers are rattled, dazed, and confused.

11) Mehmet Okur, the former All-Star, is outgunning Pau Gasol, the former All-Star. Conventional wisdom says it should be the other way around. Then again, it's Okur who has the championship ring and the big game experience and not Gasol.

12) Deron Williams is outsmarting the entire Lakers' defense, including Bryant.

13) Losing this series would teach this young team a lesson or two about defensive execution against a highly cerebral team that is extremely well coached.

14) The Jazz are getting All-Star performances from four All-Stars - Williams, Okur, Carlos Boozer and Andrei Kirilenko. And they are taking it to the Lakers, no holds barred. Meanwhile, only three Lakers showed up for the trip to Utah - Bryant, Odom, and Gasol. The rest are still wearing their pajamas.

15) The lackadaisical Lakers are discombobulated on both sides of the ball and are offering very little resistance. 

This Lakers supporter is probably as angry and frustrated as Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson combined right now. But I make no excuses. I point out the facts. I point out what I see.

And the reality is, I was wrong about Utah. They are playing high intensity playoff basketball while the Lakers think they're still playing the Denver Nuggets.

Humble down, Lakers fans. The memo is out. We have a series.

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!! We wouldn't be the same without you.