"Kobe told me that" It 's obvious that it is the type of road you should be the last season, "Jackson said before Game 3 Lakers-Mavericks series on Friday." Something like that comes and is another obstacle that must be overcome. ""
On Friday evening, it grew exponentially obstacle. If Jackson has visions of winning a third consecutive title and his 12th total in what he said will be his final season as head coach, he will not only its most spectacular, but also the greatest comeback in the 'NBA history.
The Lakers were once again the unity that seemed to focus on only occasionally, and one of those times was not the end of the game. The result was a 98-92 Mavericks victory, which is now 3-0 in a best of seven series. Game 4 was a Sunday afternoon in Dallas.
"We are disappointed," Jackson said. "We know that in games 1 and 3, we controlled the pace of the game and I could not finish the game off. They were the best games we were finishing, so it's a big disappointment for us. But we still believe that we will win the next game and go from there. "
If the Lakers are the extension of the series, they must cease to find their way. Mavericks has quietly built perhaps the best team in their history. They are confident, with a deep bench and they have a transcendent superstar in Dirk Nowitzki, who led throughout the match.
Nowitzki scored 32 points, while the rest of the lineup was only 24. After a slow start, the Mavericks heated bench with 20 points in the fourth quarter and finished with a 42-15 advantage over the Lakers.
But the Lakers have held their own distractions in the series. Center Andrew Bynum said the Lakers have lost confidence in the other after the 2nd game Ron Artest, who was awarded the NBA citizenship 10 days ago, were suspended for one game guard JJ Barea assaults in Dallas the last seconds of the second part
Then Friday night, Jackson beat Pau Gasol in the chest while he chews to play sloppy.
"He took the ball in midfield and did not know," said Jackson. "He remains in a position to always ask them not to put him and [Jason] Terry took it off and went and got a layup. So I just wanted to make sure that he would take care of the basketball in these sequences. "
The Lakers have added to the problems was mild drama Gasol, who averaged 18.8 points in the regular season, but is only an average of 13.3 against Dallas. Gasol was 5-of-13 for 12 points and eight rebounds on Friday.
"Obviously he wants me to be more aggressive and stronger there," Gasol said. "So I just gotta be able to do better. I could not really go there at all, so I just have to shake so I can do my part."
Gasol shrugged when asked if Jackson would be surprised to find him, even if it was a soft coup.
"He wants to win," Gasol said. "He wants to win as bad as anyone. I'm not surprised."
In Bryant, the Lakers pigs and large clutch players in NBA history, but it never seemed to even attempt to take over Friday. Sometimes it was guarded by Mavericks point guard Jason Kidd, who is one of the best goalkeepers in the league but he is still three inches shorter than Mr. Bryant.
However, Bryant finished with just 17 points and had four rebounds and six assists. He got in trouble because in the beginning, picking up two of the first seven minutes of the game, but played 38 minutes.
With all its problems, a non-dominant Bryant was the last piece of the Lakers.
While the Lakers played without their characteristic aggressiveness, the Mavericks played with focus and determination. They have a reputation for being soft, but actually have their deficiencies always been more mental than physical.
But the team that lost the first round three of the last four years has not been seen in this series. The Mavericks dominated Game 2, but in the first and third games, was lost in the fourth quarter and still recovered to win.
On Friday, they have eight points behind with less than seven minutes remaining, but the game is clutch after clutch play. Nowitzki took Gasol in the basket twice, scoring once and have polluted the second time. He made two free throws.
Kidd led the movement appear when a pass that sent Derek Fisher out of range, then complete the pass behind him. Kidd only 3 of 12 shots for 11 points but had nine assists. Although it would be an exaggeration to say he stopped Bryant, Kidd was aggressive and forced Bryant to work on the offensive.
Terry, who had 23 points, scoring seven in the final 2:01 to finish the Lakers.
"Dirk Nowitzki has passed," Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. "Just about everything that happened in the last stretch is a direct consequence of either scoring the ball or make a game to ask someone a shot or make a pass for assistance for a 3 or two or something like that. "
It was written so often it's a cliche, but it's true - that no team in NBA history came back to win a series after losing the first three games. It would be a storybook end of Jackson's career, if the Lakers were somehow able to do so. But the Lakers are in a state such that in Game 4, not only beat the Mavericks, but also emphasize that.
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