Posted: 1:27 PM- Kobe Bryant had less to say this time.
    After the Lakers snapped the Jazz's 19-game homecourt winning streak on March 20 with a 106-95 victory at EnergySolutions Arena, Bryant sharply criticized Utah fans for booing Derek Fisher during L.A.'s first visit of the season.
   Bryant said the Lakers were motivated by the booing, which was prompted by Fisher's leaving the Jazz during the offseason so he could live and work closer to the specialized medical care required by his daughter's newly-diagnosed eye cancer.
   After his team's shootaround on Friday morning, Bryant was asked what kind of reaction he expected from the fans during Game 3 of the Lakers-Jazz second-round playoff series.
   Surrounded by reporters, Bryant said softly, "I don't know."
    Fisher isn't sure, either.
    "I have no idea," he said. "I think there is a lot at stake. All the emotions in the building will be high. So that could factor into it - how people choose to react. But I don't know."
   Fisher was booed during the Jazz-Lakers game on Nov. 30, and the reaction caught him by surprise. When the Lakers returned almost four months later, however, the crowd's reaction was far less hostile.
   "The second time coming back during the regular season was better than the first," Fisher said. "But because
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it's the playoffs, it could be as intense and hostile as ever. And there are a lot of expectations for the [Jazz]. The fans want to continue to see their team play. So they're going to come out and try to provide the team with as much energy as they can."
    The Lakers own a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. They have won six straight games in the playoffs, including a 4-0 sweep over Denver in the first round.
    L.A. also took a 2-0 lead on the road in Game 3 of that series, and the Lakers crushed the Nuggets, 102-84.
    "We quit," Denver's Carmelo Anthony said.
    Fisher expects more of an effort from the Jazz, who lost the first two games of the series in Los Angeles, 109-98 and 120-110.
    "On the road ... you don't come in thinking you're just going to beat a team up," Fisher said. "You have to come in, expect to play a 48-minute game and find a two- or three-minute stretch where you can get some separation. Then, when you do, take advantage of it."