Mavericks Sweep Lakers, Move On to Conference Finals

Terry finished the night with 32 points after hitting a playoff tying 9 three pointers
on only 10 three point attempts

The Dallas Mavericks have moved on to the conference finals for the first time since 2006 and they did it in impressive fashion. The Mavs absolutely demolished the Lakers by shooting over 60% from 3 point land as a team and having two players shoot over 90% beyond the arc.

Yeah That's right I said 90%.



Barea takes an elbow from Bynum that got
The 7 foot center ejected with only 6 points
and 6 rebounds all game



Terry and Stojakovic combined for 15/16 from Three, with Terry making 9/10 and Peja being a perfect 6/6. In fact, Peja didn't miss a shot the whole game going 7/7 with 21 points (He made a free throw to come up with the odd number). Another thing that was impressive in this 36 point win was the amount of points the Mavericks got out of their bench.

40? Too low.

50? Keep Going.

60? Not yet.

You've got to be kidding, how much?

The Mavs Scored 86 points from their bench, with 75 of those points coming from 3 guys, Terry, Stojakovic, and Barea. That is the exact number of points scored by the Lakers AS AN ENTIRE TEAM!

Granted, the Mavs aren't going to get this kind of performance from its bench consistantly but just the fact that they could go off like this on any night should make any team scared. Now the MAvs can sit back and watch the Grizzlies and Thunder beat each other up, and I hope it goes 7 games, with whoever walks out of that series drained from an emotional game 7 the Mavs should snap them up in another sweep after being well rested for a week

What? Are there any indications either teams starters or bench are up to par with what the Lakers had? And we all know what happened to them.

Tonight the Grizzlies are trying to go up 3-1 in the series but I hope the Thunder come back and ensure this goes to at least 6 games. The Mavericks could definitely use the rest.

Bryant leaves court frustrated after being a
non-factor in game 4 with only 17 points

On a different note, the way the Lakers left game 4 was absolutely atrocious and I don't think I've seen anything like the Bynum elbow in the NBA in my lifetime. Granted 18 years isn't that long, but who's counting? It was an absolute disgrace to both Phil Jackson and the Lakers organization and I'm sure he's getting time off at the beginning of next year because of it.

The Mavs put away the Lakers in 4 games and did it with record breaking 3 point performances from their bench. Can't say it will happen again, but I sure did enjoy watching it.