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Honolulu • Some got a little extra rest and relaxation and others got into some trouble in paradise, as the Utah Jazz wrapped up their preseason in the Pacific with a 117-114 overtime win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night. Jazz guard Alec Burks scored a game-high 27 points to help Utah sweep the two-game exhibition series with the Lakers in Hawaii. Burks, coming back from a shoulder surgery that cut his season short last year, went 9-for-14 from the floor after going scoreless in Sunday's preseason opener. "Got into a little rhythm," said Burks. "I was feeling good out there." Jazz coach Quin Snyder said before the game he wanted to give Burks extended playing time Tuesday as the shooting guard continues to knock off the rust of a nine-month basketball hiatus. Burks ended up playing nearly 38 minutes, and looked solid even in overtime, when he scored back-to-back buckets to help push his team to victory. "At the end of the game he looked fresh," Snyder said. "I think he was excited to be out there. He's got another gear. It's just good to see him playing with such … abandon. He's playing without fear." Jazz shooting guard Rodney Hood scored 21 points and point guard Trey Burke scored 15, including 12 in the opening quarter. Guard Lou Williams led the Lakers with 20 points on the night. And Kobe Bryant, to the screaming delight of the 10,000-plus people, a vast majority wearing Lakers' gold and purple, who packed the Stan Sheriff Center on Tuesday, played nearly 21 minutes, scoring 13 points on 5-of-9 shooting. Jazz forward Derrick Favors, who scored 16 points to lead all scorers in Sunday's preseason opener, sat out Tuesday's rematch with a groin injury, though the problem isn't too serious for the six-year veteran. "You want to be careful of guys not just not getting hurt, but worn down," Snyder said. The head coach also said he planned to be cautious with stars Gordon Hayward and Rudy Gobert, both of whom sat the second half of the game. The Lakers, meanwhile, had to survive an injury scare. In the first quarter, rookie point guard D'Angelo Russell, the second overall pick last June, collided midair with Gobert while trying to contest a shot and fell hard on his back. Russell lay on the floor in pain for a while before being helped back to the locker room. The rookie ended up simply suffering a "bruised glute," and Lakers officials said he might have been able to return if the contest had been a regular season game. The Jazz led by double-digits early on. Utah blitzed the Lakers in the first quarter. When Hayward tight-roped the left sideline, dribbling around L.A. point guard Jordan Clarkson before finding Gobert for a reverse dunk, Utah led by 10. A Rodney Hood 10-footer jumper a few minutes later pushed the Jazz lead up to 19. But the Lakers rallied back to erase the deficit and reclaim a lead just before halftime and the two teams traded blows for the rest of the three-hour game. Jazz forward Trevor Booker was ejected from Tuesday's game for taking a swipe at Los Angeles center Roy Hibbert. The Lakers big man apparently took exception to Booker tangling up with forward Julius Randle midway through the third quarter, and Booker and Hibbert had to be separated. The two players also shared some heated words during Sunday's contest. After that one, Booker declined to elaborate on the issue. "I don't even want to talk about him. No words for him," Booker had said. Booker did not speak to reporters after Tuesday's game. — Aaron Falk