Lakers Look to an early playoff exit

The 2 time defending NBA Champions are looking to start the off season early this year.The Mother,s Day
meltdown may be on the Menu in Dallas on Sunday. Despite a balanced scoring attack led by an ever active and unusually vocal Andrew Bynum  with 21 points,  the Lakers made key mistakes in the form of turnovers and poor rotational defense on the perimeter Pick and roll in the final 6.30 of the fpurth quarter to fall into a 0-3 hole to the Mavs. Dirk Nowitzki scored 32 points leading 4 players in double figures for Dallas.
Jason Terry made critical free throws down the stretch to seal it for Dallas. Terry scored 23. As for the Lakers despite having 5 players in  double digits. Lack of excecution down the stretch doomed them. The team now faces an almost ceartin elimination in game 4. Let,s move to a few numbers.The Laker bench was outscored 42-15.The somewhat undersized Mavs outrebounded the Lakers 39-37 getting key stops in the 4th. The Mavericks also held the Lakers to only 41 second half points. I anticipate what you might be asking
would Ron Artest  a defensive force haev  made a diffrence. That question is important but due to a game 3 suspension the Lakers never got a chance to find out. The Lakers  3 point shooting has been atrocious. 3/13  in game 3 and an anemic 10/52 19 percent in in the series. Historically no team has ever come back from an 0-3 hole to win a series 0-98 overall. the NHL Maple Leafs (42), Islanders (75) and Flyers(10) Red Sox (04)  are the only teams to overcome this type of deficit. As former Dallas QB and MNF broadcaster used to sing Turn out the lights the Party,s over. The party is over for the Lakers. With roundball reflections I am Mark Alan Janisch for WWS