NBA Playoffs Rd 2: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks

[King Taharqa]

(2) Los Angeles Lakers (57-25)

STARTING 5

PG # 2 Derek Fisher

6'1 210 lbs

Arkansas-Little Rock '96

6.8 PPG 2.7 APG 1.1 SPG 80.6 FT% 39.6 3PT%

SG #24 Kobe "Black Mamba" Bryant

6'6 205 lbs

Lower Merion HS '96 (Ardmore, PA)

25.3 PPG 4.7 APG 5.1 RPG 82.9 FT% 32.3 3PT%

SF # 37 Ron Artest

6'7 260 lbs

St. John's '99

8.5 PPG 3.3 RPG 2.1 APG 1.5 SPG 35.6 3PT%

PF #16 Pau Gasol

7'0 250 lbs

Spain '01

18.8 PPG 10.2 RPG 3.3 APG 1.6 BPG 53.0 FG%

C #17 Andrew Bynum

7'0 285 lbs

St. Joseph's HS '05 (Metuchen, NJ)

11.3 PPG 9.4 RPG 2.0 BPG 57.4 FG%

BENCH

PG-Steve Blake

SG-Shannon Brown

SF-Luke Walton

PF-Lamar Odom

C-Theo Ratliff

C-Joe Smith

HEAD COACH

Phil "Zen Master" Jackson

[King Taharqa]

(3) Dallas Mavericks (57-25)

STARTING 5

PG #2 Jason Kidd

6'4 210 lbs

California '94

7.9 PPG 8.2 APG 4.4 RPG 1.7 SPG 34.0 3PT%

SG #4 Rodrigue Beaubois

6'2 182 lbs

Guadeloupe '09

8.4 PPG 1.9 RPG 2.3 APG

SF #0 Shawn Marion

6'7 228 lbs

UNLV '99

12.5 PPG 6.9 RPG 52.0 FG%

PF #41 Dirk Nowitzki

7'0 245 lbs

Germany '98

23.0 PPG 7.0 RPG 51.7 FG% 39.3 3PT% 89.2 FT%

C #6 Tyson Chandler

7'1 235 lbs

Dominguez HS '01 (Compton, CA)

10.1 PPG 9.4 RPG 1.1 BPG 65.4 FG%

BENCH

PG-Jose Juan Barea

SG-Jason Terry

SG-DeShawn Stevenson

SF-Peja Stojakovic

SF-Corey Brewer

PF-Brian Cardinal

C-Brendan Haywood

HEAD COACH

Rick Carlisle

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Can Dallas bigs, Dirk, Tyson, & Haywood, outplay LA's bigs, Bynum, Gasol, & Odom? That is the question. I say no. Lakers in 6.

[tarheelpride]

I just want the Failshow to go down, and go down hard

[tarheelblue89]

Lakers in 5.

Don't know who to root for. I love seeing Dallas crumble, I hate LA especially Gasol.

Would be nice to see Terry and Kidd get a ring though.

Don't think it's gonna be much of a series. Bynum is playing out of this world.

[Millions]

LA in 5 Bynum will be key in this series.

[HeatCheck]

Lakers in 5

[Panthers128]

I'm taking the Mavericks.

The NBA playoffs are so boring, please let some new teams go to the NBA Finals. How about Mavericks VS. Bulls?

[Cameron Isaac Newton]

The Mavericks don't even have a chance. People say they were built to beat the Lakers, but the truth is that they merely tried to imitate them.

The Lakers have a better version of everything the Mavs have, asides from maybe PG, and even that's suspect as Kidd isn't that good anymore.

LA in six.

[WOOD]

L.A. and Dallas havent played in the playoffin over 15 years

[Panthers128]

NBA is a joke.

[HeatCheck]

Dallas imploded at the end of the first half. JT played well but I have no idea why he was that close to LO at midcourt for the half court shot.

Pau playing a whole lot better to start the series.

[HeatCheck]

Turnovers leading to LAs biggest lead at 16. Dallas picking up where they left off at the end of the first half.

[HeatCheck]

Corey Brewer making an impact off the bench sparking a run by Dallas to cut the lead

[HeatCheck]

Kobe showing out