Lamar Odom is looking to bust out with a big Game 3 for the Lakers. (Winslow Townson/Associated Press)

The Los Angeles Lakers will try and build some momentum on home court on Tuesday night or else be all but out of contention in the NBA final.

The Boston Celtics lead Los Angeles 2-0 in the best-of-seven series, which shifts to the Staples Center in Los Angeles for the next three games. The Lakers are trying to become just the fourth team to overcome such a disadvantage in the final.

No NBA team has ever come back from an 0-3 deficit in the final. As well, since the NBA introduced the 2-3-2 format in the final, no team has won all three middle games at home.

The good news is that the Lakers are a perfect 8-0 at Staples Center in the playoffs. The team has won 14 straight games at home dating back to March 28.

Boston can't afford to get too complacent, even with two more cracks at getting the desired road win, as they have a lowly 2-7 road record in the playoffs.

Los Angeles coach Phil Jackson has more than enough to focus on and expects no "gimmes" from Boston.

Lakers hope to build momentum

"I'm not worried about which Celtics team shows up," said Jackson. "I'm worried about what Lakers team shows up. That's the one that moves the ball, and we do things well on the offensive end."

In addition to feeding off the home fans, the Lakers are hoping to build on the momentum from late in Game 2. The Celtics appeared to set to cruise to a comfortable victory before Los Angeles awoke from their series slumber with 41 points in the final quarter.

Boston held off the visitors for an 108-102 lead. Paul Pierce scored 28 points and added eight assists, with Leon Powe added 21 points. Guard Rajon Rondo dished out 16 assists.

Kobe Bryant posted 30 points for Los Angeles to approximate his usual high standard after a difficult first game. The trick for the Lakers in the third contest will be getting more production from their bench and playing aggressive but smart basketball.

The bench, a strength through much of the playoffs, has been upstaged by that of the Celtics. Sasha Vujacic's contributions were enhanced by a pair of three-pointers late in Game 2, with Luke Walton a non-factor so far.

Powe, James Posey and P.J. Brown impressed for Boston from the bench, following a strong effort from veteran Sam Cassell in the opener.

Laker Lamar Odom, who has been unhappy with his performance so far in the series, talked about aggressively attacking the basket.

On that note, Jackson used all of his NBA final experience in between games, questioning Boston's lopsided 38-10 advantage in foul shots in Game 2. Celtics star Pierce alone had 13 freebies in Boston.

Celtics headed for 17th win

Boston is looking for 17th championship in franchise history and first since 1986. The Lakers have won 14 times, which includes wins in Minneapolis and Los Angeles.

The Miami Heat were the most recent team to come back after losing the first two games of the final, coming back two years ago to stun the Dallas Mavericks.

Game 4 will take place on Thursday.