Dirk sends Mavs to 2-0 lead over Lakers
LOS ANGELES – Dirk Nowitzki scored 24 points and Shawn Marion additional 14 as the Dallas Mavericks stunned the erratic Los Angeles Lakers 93-81 in Game two on Wednesday to consider a 2-0 second-round lead above the two-time defending champions.
Jason Kidd scored ten factors for that Mavericks, who pushed the Lakers halfway to playoff elimination with Nowitzki’s stellar shooting, yet another continual defensive efficiency, plus a decisive 9-0 fourth-quarter rally.
Kobe Bryant scored 23 points for that Lakers, who hadn’t misplaced the very first two video games of the playoff series considering that the 2008 NBA finals _ also the previous sequence they misplaced. Only three NBA teams have come again to win a best-of-seven series following losing the very first two at residence.
Game 3 is Friday night in Dallas.
The Lakers also could possibly be short-handed in Dallas: Ron Artest was ejected with 24.4 seconds left for apparently striking Dallas guard Jose Barea, probably foremost to a cessez-le-feu. Bulls 86, Hawks 73=
At Chicago, newly crowned Most Important Player Derrick Rose scored twenty five factors, and Joakim Noah additional 19 factors and 14 rebounds to assist Chicago degree the Eastern Conference semifinals at a game every Baseball jerseys.
The top-seeded Bulls shook off a dismal overall performance within the opener and looked a lot more like the staff with a league-best 62 wins, constructing a 14-point lead and ending the sport on the 9-2 operate soon after the Hawks acquired inside 6.
Jeff Teague had yet another great game filling in for the hurt Kirk Hinrich with 21 factors, but Joe Johnson and Jamal Crawford struggled after coming up big within the opener for Atlanta. Johnson’s output dipped from 34 points to 16, even though Crawford had eleven after scoring 22 in Game one.
Now, the series shifts to Atlanta for Games 3 and four on Friday and Sunday, with Chicago a minimum of in far better form soon after a 103-95 reduction in Game 1.
The night time commenced with Commissioner David Stern presenting the MVP trophy to Rose, the youngest player to win the award.
Dallas Mavericks power forward Dirk Nowitzki (R) fades absent on the leap shot in opposition to Los Angeles Lakers forward Ron Artest during Game 2 of the NBA Western Conference semi-final basketball playoff in Los Angeles, California Might four, 2011
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