LAKERS TAKE TUMBLE IN TWO-STEP BRIEF TEXAS TRIP ENDS WITH LOSS TO DALLAS DALLAS 114, LAKERS 95.Byline: ROSS SILER Staff Writer DALLAS - Before his team brought the Dallas Mavericks' 13-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" to a crashing end Jan. 7, Lakers coach Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson (born September 17, 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is the current coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, an American professional basketball team. resigned himself to having to outscore Verb 1. outscore - score more points than one's opponents outpoint beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard teams as long as Lamar Odom Lamar Joseph Odom (born November 6 1979, in South Jamaica, Queens, New York) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays power forward (also plays both forward spots and is a "point-forward") for the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Lakers. and Kwame Brown were out with injuries. The Lakers surprised the Mavericks on that night at Staples Center This article has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * It does not cite any references or sources. , with Dallas shooting 42.2 percent, but were unable to hold down the Mavericks on their home court Thursday night. With Dallas owner Mark Cuban Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)[1] is an American billionaire entrepreneur.[2] He is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, an NBA franchise[3] and Chairman of HDNet, an HDTV cable network. watching from his courtside court·side n. The area immediately bordering the official court of play, as in tennis or basketball. seat in a ``Talk nerdy to me'' T-shirt, the Mavericks blew away the Lakers in the middle two quarters on the way to a 114-95 victory at American Airlines Center For the arena in Miami, Florida, see . Current arenas in the National Basketball Association Western Conference Eastern Conference . Playing with house money after winning Wednesday night in San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. , the Lakers went bust in a big way. Now they need a victory Saturday against the New Orleans Hornets The New Orleans Hornets are a professional basketball team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They play in the Southwest Division of the National Basketball Association (NBA). in Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm to take two of three games on this trip. Dirk Nowitzki scored 27 points, Josh Howard added 29 and Jason Terry totaled 12 points and 13 assists for Dallas, which shot 54.5 percent in the game. The Mavericks made 60 percent of their shots in beating the Lakers here in December. The Lakers brought Kobe Bryant (26 points) for the end of the fourth quarter. The Mavericks were never threatened but put away the game with 3:29 left as Bryant bricked a dunk and Dallas guard Anthony Johnson ran out for a dunk at the other end. Dallas won the second quarter 34-20 and the third quarter 35-24. The Lakers went 7:11 without a field goal in the third quarter. In their victory over the Mavericks this month, the Lakers used Bryant for a stretch of the fourth quarter against Nowitzki. There was no need Thursday as Brian Cook and Vladimir Radmanovic both struggled to stop him. The Lakers were outrebounded 53-28, committed 16 turnovers and made just 5 of 19 3-pointers. None of that helped as Dallas carved up the Lakers, who had no answers on defense for either Howard or Nowitzki. The Mavericks went up 73-56 in the third as Terry drove the lane and found Nowitzki spotting up for a 3-pointer. Howard ran out for a layup after a Terry steal and Nowitzki dunked on the fast break after Radmanovic was stripped on a drive. Devean George started against his former team with Dallas guard Devin Harris out with the flu. George knocked down two jumpers at the start of the third quarter as the Mavericks stretched their lead to 66-50. It was a slow erosion from the middle of the second quarter to halftime for the Lakers, who went to the locker room trailing 60-48. Backup guard Anthony Johnson made two tough shots with the 24-second clock expiring in the last minute of the half. There were snapshots from throughout the game that told the story. To start the second quarter, Lakers guard Sasha Vujacic somehow wound up guarding Nowitzki, who posted him up and found Jerry Stackhouse for a 3-pointer. So went the nationally televised game between the surprising Lakers and the Mavericks, who improved their NBA-best record to 33-8. So also went the potential showdown between Bryant and Nowitzki, two possibly MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. candidates. The Mavericks had lost only once since Dec. 11 - a span of 19 games - to the Lakers on Jan. 7 at Staples Center. That ended Dallas' 13-game winning streak, though the Mavericks have wasted little time getting another streak started. The Lakers could only wonder what happened after the first quarter, when Bryant took pains to make sure his teammates were into the game. The Lakers shared the ball and led 28-26 after the opening 12 minutes. Every starter scored for the Lakers before Bryant, who was committed to getting everyone involved. Bryant had four assists and only two points in the first quarter but was left to carry the Lakers in the second and third quarters. He made 8of 18 shots as the Lakers shot just 44.9 percent as a team for the game. ross.siler@dailynews.com (818) 713-3610 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Lakers center Andrew Bynum, center, grabs a rebound in front of Dallas' Erick Dampier, left, and Devean George in Thursday's game. (2) Dallas guard Josh Howard drives past the Lakers' Luke Walton for a second-half basket Thursday. Donna McWilliam/Associated Press |
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