The Lakers closed the game on a 20-to-eight run to tie the score at 108 &ndash All at the end of regulation

The Lakers closed the game on a 20-to-eight run to tie the score at 108 – All at the end of regulation.    In the overtime period Derek Fisher fouled out of the game early and the Jazz outscored the Lakers 15 – 7 as Andrei Kirilenko blocked Kobe Bryant’s shot twice and converted a three point play with 35 seconds remaining to seal the deal and give Utah a 123 – 115 win.     Andrei Kirilenko finished the game with 15 points and five blocked shots.The Utah Jazz has held their home court and the series tied at two heading back to Los Angeles for game five Wednesday. Kobe Bryant finished the game bad back and all with finished the game with 33 points, eight rebounds, 10 assists and one steal. Deron Williams had another monster game finishing with 29 points, three rebounds, 14 assists, two steals and one blocked shot.    The Jazz have the momentum and the Lakers have all of the pressure on them This is now best of three series with two Laker home games  .

April 24 (Reuters) – Following are security developments in Iraq at 1800 on Friday.* indicates a new or udpated item.* BAGHDAD – A bomb attached to a vehicle killed a police major in the Saidiya neighbourhood of southern Baghdad, police said. NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shares of Regions Financial Corp (RF.N) fell 9.5 percent on Friday after assumptions for the stress tests to major U.S banks were released by the U.S government. Hot StocksShares of the Birmingham, Alabama-based bank fell 9.5 percent to $5.27.(Editing by James Dalgleish) Hot Stocks. Okay, a challenge: create an All-Time Major League Baseball Historical All-Star Team not using any players in the Hall of Fame.Mission: put together a team that could compete with a Hall of Fame All-Star Team, despite the fact that none of the players are Hall of Famers.Criteria: 40 man roster; every player must be (or have been) eligible for the Hall of Fame, but did not (or have not yet) been elected. Thus no current players or players that have been out less than five years. ROME (Reuters) – Oscar-winning American actress Meryl Streep will receive a lifetime achievement award at this year’s Rome film festival, organizers said on Friday.

Entertainment  |  Film  |  PeopleThe festival, which is in its fourth edition and runs from October 15-23, has previously honored actors Al Pacino, Sophia Loren and Sean Connery with the award.The Czech-American director Milos Forman has been appointed president of the festival jury, organizers said.(Editing by Kevin Liffey) Entertainment Film People. After 38 games, the Yankees are nearing the quarter pole of the 2008 season, and with Sunday's game against Detroit rained out, I thought it was about time to hand out New York's first marking-period report card.Throughout the season, I have handed out grades to each player and Manager Joe Girardi following each game. I have now converted those letter grades to a corresponding number, using the old Grade Point Average (GPA) system where an A+ is a 4.3, an A is a 4.0 and so on. I added all their scores up, multiplied that sum by the number of innings each has played, and finally divided by the total number of innings played by the Yankees this year, to come up with each Yankee's GPA.To make things fair for pitchers, who don't play as many innings but have a greater impact on the innings they do participate in, I have multiplied their final scores by nine.

That still leaves relievers with a lower score than some of you may feel they deserve, but in this report card, I am not grading them on their individual performance, but rather on their overall contributions to the team.Confusing enough? Good Let's get to the grades. (Remember, 4.3=A+)Chien-Ming Wang, SP: (4.17) Wang is far and away the team MVP through the first six weeks of the season. The Yankees are 7-1 when he starts, with the only loss coming to Cliff Lee, who is currently the best pitcher in baseball.  Andy Pettitte, SP: (3.13) Pettitte's had four good starts and three bad ones, but his ERA remains at a very respectable 3.77. I don't think it's a coincidence that Andy is .500 and the Yankees are .500. Like I've been writing all year, Wang will be great and the 3-5 starters will be question marks this season, so the success of the Pinstripes will probably lie in the left hand of Andy Pettitte.Hideki Matsui, DH: (2.99) Godzilla is the best hitter on the team right now, but his lack of defense has kept his score down somewhat. Nevertheless, Matsui is so potent right now that Tigers manager Jim Leyland wisely intentionally walked him in the ninth inning Friday night, thereby putting the potential go-ahead run on, to get to the weaker Shelley Duncan.Mike Mussina, SP: (2.74) After four starts this year, the Moose was 1-3 with a 5.75 ERA, and everyone from me to Hank Steinbrenner was calling for his head.  Since then, Mussina has won four straight starts and lowered his earned run average to 4.36.