Wednesday, 10:35 pm Eastern TNT Utah Jazz at Los Angeles Lakers (Series tied 2-2) Current Odds: Lakers - 8.5, Total 213.5 The Los Angeles Lakers have hit a roadblock in their quest to reach the NBA finals as the Utah Jazz decided it won’t be a cakewalk for the Lakers. Utah won both of their home games to even the best of seven series at two games each. They now head to Los Angeles to face a Lakers team that may not have league MVP Kobe Bryant at full strength. He injured his back in Game Five and was still sore. "Quite a bit (of pain), but it's a lot better than it was yesterday," Bryant said, "It'll be fine." Kobe had 33 points in the Game Five overtime loss. SBG Global reports that early NBA betting has the public taking Jazz on the Road. The Lakers head home where they have owned the Jazz in the past. "We know we have homecourt advantage. We earned it," Los Angeles head coach Phil Jackson said. "We feel very confident in our building." Los Angeles is 16-3 at home against the Jazz since Staples Center opened in 1999. "To win the series, we have to win on the road," Utah's Matt Harpring said, "So we haven't gotten anywhere yet. The series is basically 0-0 and now it's the best two-out-of-three.” Teams in the 2008 NBA playoffs just haven’t been able to win on the road. Entering Tuesday night the home teams were 15-1 in the playoffs. The Jazz know they must win a game on the road and they want it to be on Wednesday. They know they can’t start out slow and expect to recover. "This is a big game. It's a momentum game and it puts a lot of pressure on whoever doesn't win," Utah’s Deron Williams said. "You can always expect a couple guys to be the same at home and away. I think I have to be one of those guys. You've got to be maybe even more aggressive on the road and try to pick up some of the slack. That's what I'm trying to do."