NBA
Quarter-Finals Round 4: Dallas M. - LA Lakers 122-86
Date: May 8, 2011
Phil Jackson walked off the court with a tight smile, shaking hands and accepting congratulations like he has after so many series-ending playoff games. Never like this, though. His team didn't win; it was crushed. Swept, too. And he wasn't heading merely to the offseason - he was calling it a career, ending the most successful run by any coach in NBA history. Jason Terry and the Mavericks ended Jackson's tenure, and the Lakers' reign as two-time champions, with a 122-86 victory Sunday to win the teams' second-round series. After two tight finishes and another game that was relatively close, the Mavs turned this one into a rout in the second quarter. With Terry leading the way, Dallas hit a barrage of three-pointers to go ahead by 24 points at halftime. When he made threes on consecutive possessions early in the third quarter, Los Angeles knew it wasn't going to come back in this game or the series. Things got ugly early in the fourth quarter, with vicious, frustration-fueled cheap shots by Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum getting them ejected 45 seconds apart. But at game's end, Dallas coaches, players and team owner Mark Cuban lined up to bid farewell to the Zen Master. "It's been a wonderful run," Jackson said. Jackson, 65, has retired before, but he insists it's for good this time. Though he goes out with the sour taste of his first sweep in 21 postseasons, and his second-widest margin of defeat, it can't override all the sweet days. A Hall of Famer since 2007, he leaves with a record 11 titles and 10 playoff-series losses. Take away Red Auerbach, who won nine championships, and Jackson has more titles than any other two coaches combined. He won six championships with Michael Jordan, three with Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal, and the past two with Bryant leading the way. Jackson had to be talked into coming back this season. The lure of chasing a 12th title, bundled neatly as four three-peats, did it, but he knew it would be tough with a team worn down by three straight years of reaching the Finals. That "puts a lot of strain on the basketball club from all angles: personalities, spiritually, physically, emotionally, and getting charged up for game after game and assault after assault when you go in and play a team," Jackson said. "It was a challenge bigger than we could beat this year." Bryant said, "I grew up under him. The way I approach things, the way I think about things - not only basketball, life in general - comes from him. It's a little weird for me to think of what next year is going to be like." Assistant Brian Shaw is considered a front-runner to take over the job. Terry tied a playoff record with nine three-pointers, and the club matched postseason marks with 11 threes in the first half and 20 for the game. Dallas made 63 percent of its shots from beyond the arc and 60 percent of its field-goal tries. "I don't think I've seen a team play to that level," Jackson said. "You'd like to have an opportunity to challenge, but we didn't." Terry made 11 of 14 shots for 32 points. J.J. Barea set a career-playoff best with 22 points and Peja Stojakovic added 21 points. All three of those players came off the bench. *Courtesy of www.sfgate.com
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
Quarter-Finals Round 4: Dallas M. - LA Lakers 122-86
Date: May 8, 2011
Phil Jackson walked off the court with a tight smile, shaking hands and accepting congratulations like he has after so many series-ending playoff games. Never like this, though. His team didn't win; it was crushed. Swept, too. And he wasn't heading merely to the offseason - he was calling it a career, ending the most successful run by any coach in NBA history. Jason Terry and the Mavericks ended Jackson's tenure, and the Lakers' reign as two-time champions, with a 122-86 victory Sunday to win the teams' second-round series. After two tight finishes and another game that was relatively close, the Mavs turned this one into a rout in the second quarter. With Terry leading the way, Dallas hit a barrage of three-pointers to go ahead by 24 points at halftime. When he made threes on consecutive possessions early in the third quarter, Los Angeles knew it wasn't going to come back in this game or the series. Things got ugly early in the fourth quarter, with vicious, frustration-fueled cheap shots by Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum getting them ejected 45 seconds apart. But at game's end, Dallas coaches, players and team owner Mark Cuban lined up to bid farewell to the Zen Master. "It's been a wonderful run," Jackson said. Jackson, 65, has retired before, but he insists it's for good this time. Though he goes out with the sour taste of his first sweep in 21 postseasons, and his second-widest margin of defeat, it can't override all the sweet days. A Hall of Famer since 2007, he leaves with a record 11 titles and 10 playoff-series losses. Take away Red Auerbach, who won nine championships, and Jackson has more titles than any other two coaches combined. He won six championships with Michael Jordan, three with Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal, and the past two with Bryant leading the way. Jackson had to be talked into coming back this season. The lure of chasing a 12th title, bundled neatly as four three-peats, did it, but he knew it would be tough with a team worn down by three straight years of reaching the Finals. That "puts a lot of strain on the basketball club from all angles: personalities, spiritually, physically, emotionally, and getting charged up for game after game and assault after assault when you go in and play a team," Jackson said. "It was a challenge bigger than we could beat this year." Bryant said, "I grew up under him. The way I approach things, the way I think about things - not only basketball, life in general - comes from him. It's a little weird for me to think of what next year is going to be like." Assistant Brian Shaw is considered a front-runner to take over the job. Terry tied a playoff record with nine three-pointers, and the club matched postseason marks with 11 threes in the first half and 20 for the game. Dallas made 63 percent of its shots from beyond the arc and 60 percent of its field-goal tries. "I don't think I've seen a team play to that level," Jackson said. "You'd like to have an opportunity to challenge, but we didn't." Terry made 11 of 14 shots for 32 points. J.J. Barea set a career-playoff best with 22 points and Peja Stojakovic added 21 points. All three of those players came off the bench. *Courtesy of www.sfgate.com
 DALLAS M. (coach: Jason Kidd)122 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 36 | XITaUJVa, gaQV | 46 | 1-65 (15%) | 6-6 (655%) | 8-8 (655%) | 5 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 69 | 88 | 5 |
| 1 | ChijdlRQ, wFsIj | 81 | 8-3 (05%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6-6 (655%) | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Kadd, zisIj | 80 | 5-6 (5%) | 6-0 (85%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | biQaIj, AhiTj | 83 | 4-9 (38.7%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8-8 (655%) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 78 | AURLRjsIj, gRAhiTj | 62 | 5-6 (5%) | 6-0 (85%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| AUIniVILaZ, OQRdQiD | 45 | 6-6 (655%) | 1-1 (655%) | 6-8 (05%) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 86 | 80 | 5 | |
| 66 | miQRi, zIsR zuij | 81 | 2-65 (25%) | 6-3 (80%) | 4-4 (655%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 88 | 83 | 5 |
| 46 | wRQQF, zisIj | 80 | 8-3 (05%) | 7-65 (75%) | 6-8 (05%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 87 | 5 |
| 44 | HiFTIId, mQRjdij | 69 | 6-6 (655%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8-4 (11.9%) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 40 | CiQdajil, mQaij | 3 | 5-5 (5%) | 6-6 (655%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| mQRTRQ, CIQRF | 3 | 6-8 (05%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | |
| 82 | bihajBa, oij | 3 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8-3 (05%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| wIUil | 83-36 (02.0%) | 85-48 (18.0%) | 63-67 (94.9%) | 1 | 43 | 35 | 48 | 84 | 5 | 66 | 8 | 5 | 67 | 688 | 687 | |||
 LA LAKERS (coach: JJ Redick)86 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 83 | mQFijU, KIMR | 49 | 9-64 (04.2%) | 5-0 (5%) | 4-3 (90%) | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 69 | 4 | 5 |
| 61 | GisIl, Oiu | 44 | 3-65 (35%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8-8 (655%) | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 65 | 69 | 5 |
| 69 | mFjuB, SjdQRT | 46 | 8-9 (82.1%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8-8 (655%) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 49 | SQURsU, eIj | 82 | 8-3 (05%) | 6-4 (44.4%) | 3-0 (25%) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 66 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | yashRQ, gRQRV | 80 | 6-1 (61.9%) | 5-8 (5%) | 4-3 (90%) | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 68 | mQITj, AhijjIj | 88 | 8-0 (35%) | 4-0 (15%) | 8-4 (11.9%) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 60 | 64 | 5 |
| 9 | PdIB, viBiQ | 69 | 3-0 (25%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8-0 (35%) | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 65 | 6 | 5 |
| 0 | mliVR, AURLR | 69 | 5-5 (5%) | 6-3 (80%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | miQjRs, biUU | 68 | 3-0 (25%) | 5-8 (5%) | 6-6 (655%) | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 65 | 5 |
| 3 | WilUIj, vuVR | 3 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-8 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 6 | ABaUh, zIR | 3 | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| zIhjsIj, wQRF | 3 | 5-8 (5%) | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 5 | |
| wIUil | 81-02 (33.2%) | 0-83 (85.2%) | 67-81 (94.6%) | 60 | 83 | 47 | 61 | 86 | 5 | 66 | 8 | 5 | 61 | 21 | 09 | |||
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
