Utah’s Deron Williams (8) heads to the basket spent Lakers’ Derek Fisher during the second quarter of a Jazz victory that brought them back into their Western Conference semifinal with Los Angeles on Friday night. (Steve C. Wilson/Associated Press)

Carlos Boozer scored 27 points including a key six straight in a frenetic final scarcely any minutes to lead the Utah Jazz to a 104-99 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinal on Friday night.

The Jazz trail the best-of-seven 2-1 by Game 4 on Sunday afternoon, likewise at Salt Lake City.

Boozer added 20 rebounds to his outstanding obscurity and his exhibition of character on the stage was complemented by that of guard Deron Williams, who had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Mehmet Okur had 22 points for the Jazz.

Newly crowned league MVP Kobe Bryant led Los Angeles with 34 points, six rebounds and seven assists. Lamar Odom scored 13 and Pau Gasol had 12 points.

Boozer came to midst stage with the Jazz governing by proper three, their smallest margin since the other allot.

After the Utah forward hit a two, Bryant came back the other way and simply slipped, flexure the ball over.

Working the half-court offence, Boozer got the ball against Lamar Odom, whom he beat to the basket just as the 24-second clock went off and it was 99-92.

Bryant then missed a three-point essay and Boozer came remote again, working a pick-and-roll through Williams perfectly before putting it in for a nine-point outstrip.

The Lakers kept battling and when the Jazz missed a three inside of 40 seconds, Bryant hustled back, only to have the globe knocked at a loss of his hands causing a struggle that resulted in a jump ball.

L.A.’s Luke Walton got the ball on the jump, but fatiguing to pass it over he threw it away and Utah took possession, Bryant fouled and the game was in the bag.

L.A. kept moving

Led by Williams, Utah had the margin up to 12 about three minutes into the fourth, but the Lakers weren’t going away just yet.

First, Bryant scored and drew a foul, finishing off the three-point play, then a series of Jazz fouls allowed L.A. to close the limit to within four.

The game degenerated into more sloppiness with a view to a few minutes and when Utah came out of a timeout with 5:27 to go, the Jazz still led this person 90-84.

As the teams traded chances in the rear and forth, the clock continued to unwind and the Jazz were still in control at 95-87 under four minutes. And Utah started to unwind itself.

A Walton steal led to a foul on the scrappy Laker forward at the other end. He hit the two free throws.

Then consecutive steals by Derek Fisher led to a Bryant basket and a trip to the detestable line that left Los Angeles just three points back at 95-92.

That was when Boozer and the Jazz took momentum back for the last time.

Kobe turned it on

Trailing by nine approach out of the half, Bryant had turned it on, scoring 14 points in the third to give him 22 at that rank.

But the Jazz had an answer for each L.A. attack and, distributing the round well, rode balanced scoring to a 79-72 lead into the final quarter.

After the Lakers took every early lead, the teams played an even in the beginning 12 minutes. But the Jazz kept up the shooting while the Lakers fell off a bit.

A 29-20 second quarter sent Utah to the dressing room with a 52-43 contribute.

Okur had a big first half, hitting for 12 points and four rebounds, plus two steals and a block. Boozer added 10 points and seven boards for the Jazz as long as Williams had nine points and six assists.

No Los Angeles player was in double figures for points in the moiety, though Odom had a hard-working nine points, six rebounds and sum of two units blocks and Bryant had eight points and three assists.

What hurt the Lakers were 10 turnovers to Utah’s five.