The higher seeded team will also after two embarrassing, defeats with his tentative play leading to the locker-room discord and panic in big fan.
It's just that the MAVS are usually living this nightmare, it does not for someone else - and certainly not to defend champion NBA Lakers, who left Staples Center on Wednesday night wondering if they'll be back this spring on two occasions.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 24 points, Shawn Marion added 14 and the Mavericks fight Los Angeles 93 - 81 in the second game, taking a second 2-0-tour of lead with consecutive victories.
"If you would have told me before that would win the two games, which would have been hard to believe," said Nowitzki. "But I think that we won."
Jason Kidd scored 10 points in an effort to score balanced for the Mavericks, who led the Lakers to Midway to elimination of the playoffs with the stellar fire, constant defence Nowitzki and a fourth quarter rally decisive 9-0. Dallas has nothing of spectacular property, but was significantly better than the cold-shooting Lakers at both ends.
Dallas has endured a decade of disappointment of play-off under owner Mark Cuban, including only a playoff victory in the four previous postseasons since only appearance phase of the Mavericks NBA Finals.
Time and again, Nowitzki and his revolving troupe of his teammates were placed in situations of a series of pressure - but these MAV taller, stiffer appear certainly started to change their reputation with two WINS, from game 3 Friday night in Dallas.
"We talked about it, and this series is far from over, said Nowitzki, who has proved once more to be virtually unguardable for the Lakers." I've been around a long time. I've been up to 2-0 before and eventually lose the series. I have been down 2-0, lost two matches at home... and came back and won in game 7. We saw many things happen in this League. We stay focused, stay together. ?
Kobe Bryant scored 23 points for the Lakers, who had never lost the first two games of a series of playoffs since the 2008 NBA Finals - also the last series they lost. Only three NBA teams return to win a series-of-seven after losing the first two at home, where the dismayed fans sent the Lakers with boos and huées.
"Desperate." It is a strong word, "said Bryant. "I think that when you play desperate, you are not playing your best basketball." We need to do is to relax, to focus on what we do wrong and errors that we do, and we have a lot to review and block on this. ?
Los Angeles missed his first 15 3-point attempts before Bryant 3-pointer with 2: 43 left. Los Angeles finished 2 for 20 on 3-pointers, but the Lakers are also simply exhausted during long periods of their play-off game 75th in the last four seasons.
Center Andrew Bynum saw another reason of frustration of the Lakers.
"It is deeply at this stage." It is obvious that we individually, confidence issues, said Bynum, who had 18 points and 13 rebounds. "All 13 of our guys have confidence issues right now." I think it is quite clear to anyone watching the game - hesitation on passes, and defensively we are not be a good teammate because that was not there for you before - small things. And at least get out us and discuss them, nothing will change. ?
Bryant wrote off the coast of comments from Bynum with regard on the Lakers defensive communication.
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