2011 NBA Playoffs: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks, Western Conference Semifinals, Game 4

Information about game 4 of the L.A. Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks series in the 2011 NBA Playoffs, with score, recap, pictures, stats, highlights, quotes and Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol performance.

Los Angeles Lakers

2011 NBA Playoffs Western Conference Semifinals
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks

 Dallas Mavericks

Series Index:

G.1: Mavericks 96, Lakers 94 - at Los Angeles
G.2: Mavericks 93, Lakers 81 - at Los Angeles
G.3: Mavericks 98, Lakers 92 - at Dallas
G.4: Mavericks 122, Lakers 86 - at Dallas
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Los Angeles Lakers 0 - 4 Dallas Mavericks

GAME 4: L.A. Lakers 86 - Dallas Mavericks 122

Goodbye to the best coach ever.
Leaders Points Rebounds Assists
Lakers Bryant: 17 Gasol: 8 Gasol: 6
Mavs Terry: 32 Chandler: 9 Barea: 8
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Tot
LAL 23 16 23 24 86
DAL 27 36 23 36 122
click for Lakers 2011 Playoff pictures (LA Daily News), Western Conference Semifinals vs. Dallas Mavericks Game 4
Picture Gallery (LAT)

May 8 - Dallas. The Lakers' hopes of another three-peat ended and so did Phil Jackson's illustrious career. Sadly, this game wasn't the best way for the best coach in NBA history to leave. The Lakers were humiliated by Dallas and some players (Odom and Bynum) couldn't handle it and lost their composure in a 122-86 loss that completed the 4-0 sweep.

If the Lakers defensive rotation on game 3 was bad, this time it was a disaster and that combined with the Mavericks' good ball movement and the incredible night they had from behind the 3- point line made it a nightmare for Los Angeles. The Mavs started to get on fire in the second quarter when Jason Terry made 5 three-pointers to personally outscore the Lakers 20-16. Terry, who had 32 points, tied a playoff record with a total of 9 threes. As a team the Mavs also tied 3-pointers records with 11 in the first half and 20 in the game while shooting an fantastic 20-of-32, a 62.5%.

Even though the game was emotionally already over by halftime with Dallas ahead 63-39, the Lakers useless attempts to do something against the rain of threes in the second half produced frustration on Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum who got themselves ejected making the situation unworthy of the Lakers rich tradition. Odom was whistled for a flagrant foul for setting a hard illegal screen on Dirk Nowitzki early in the fourth quarter, and 45 seconds later JJ Barea (22 points) was on mid air for another layup when Bynum appeared from nowhere just to hit Barea's ribs with his elbow, badly. The Lakers's pivot was immediately ejected and with him went the Lakers final attempts to end their coach's career with some dignity.

Phil Jackson coached the Bulls and the Lakers and got and NBA best 11 Championships. His career playoff record went to the books at 229-104, the most wins and the highest winning percentage (.688) in NBA playoff history. His regular-season winning percentage of .704 is another all-time best. This was the first time he was swept in 20 years of coaching. The Lakers couldn't break the trend: now teams trailing 0-3 are 0-99 in NBA playoff history

The Quotes

Phil Jackson (LAL Coach): about his caree..."It's been a wonderful run"

about Dallas... "I don't think I've seen a team play to that level in a series in a game like they played this afternoon."

"We all know they always come back and get themselves back in the race. The Lakers are going to survive."

Kobe Bryant (Lakers): ""I grew up under him (Jackson). 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."

Highlights

Los Angeles Lakers Dallas Mavericks
Leaders: Pts Reb Ast St Bl More
Kobe Bryant 17 3 1 - - 5 TO
Shannon Brown 15 2 2 3 -  
Ron Artest 11 2 2 2 -  
Pau Gasol 10 8 6 1 1  
Lamar Odom 10 2 1 - -  
Leaders: Pts Reb Ast St Bl More
Jason Terry 32 1 4 - 1  
J.J. Barea 22 1 8 - -  
Peja Stojakovic 21 3 2 3 -  
Dirk Nowitzki 17 7 4 1 -  
Shawn Marion 8 6 3 1 -  

Complete Boxscore

LOS ANGELES LAKERS
Starters Min FG 3P FT Off Def Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts 
Ron Artest, SF 28 3-7 1-3 4-5 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 4 -12 11
Pau Gasol, PF 34 4-10 0-0 2-2 6 2 8 6 1 1 0 3 -23 10
Andrew Bynum, C 31 2-7 0-0 2-2 1 5 6 1 1 1 3 2 -29 6
Kobe Bryant, SG 37 7-18 0-5 3-4 1 2 3 1 0 0 5 1 -29 17
Derek Fisher, PG 25 1-8 0-2 3-4 0 7 7 1 2 0 0 1 -15 5
Bench Min FG 3P FT Off Def Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts 
Joe Smith, PF 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Lamar Odom, PF 18 4-5 0-0 2-5 2 0 2 1 0 0 3 5 -8 10
Matt Barnes, SF 13 4-7 0-2 1-1 3 2 5 1 1 0 1 2 -13 9
Steve Blake, PG 18 1-4 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 -17 3
Luke Walton, SF 4 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 -2 0
Shannon Brown, PG 23 5-10 3-5 2-3 1 1 2 2 3 0 0 2 -24 15
Trey Johnson, SG 5 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 -4 0
Totals 31-82 5-24 19-26 15 24 39 16 11 2 16 21   86
Percentages: 37.8% 20.8% 73.1%
  Fast break points:   12
Points in the paint:   44
Team TO ( points off ):   16 (15)
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court.
DALLAS MAVERICKS
Starters Min FG 3P FT Off Def Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts 
Shawn Marion, SF 24 3-7 0-0 2-2 1 5 6 3 1 0 4 4 -1 8
Dirk Nowitzki, PF 32 7-11 1-1 2-2 0 7 7 4 1 0 1 2 +37 17
Tyson Chandler, C 26 2-4 0-0 1-1 2 7 9 0 0 0 1 2 +13 5
Jason Kidd, PG 26 1-6 1-5 0-0 0 2 2 7 4 0 2 4 +13 3
DeShawn Stevenson, SG 18 1-6 1-5 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 4 +1 3
Bench Min FG 3P FT Off Def Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts 
Peja Stojakovic, SF 30 7-7 6-6 1-2 0 3 3 2 3 0 1 2 +28 21
Jason Terry, SG 25 11-14 9-10 1-2 0 1 1 4 0 1 3 2 +29 32
Brian Cardinal, PF 5 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 +4 3
Brendan Haywood, C 17 1-1 0-0 2-3 3 5 8 1 0 1 3 2 +19 4
Corey Brewer, SG 5 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 +4 2
Jose Juan Barea, PG 27 9-14 1-4 3-3 0 1 1 8 0 0 2 0 +29 22
Ian Mahinmi, C 5 0-0 0-0 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 +4 2
Totals 44-73 20-32 14-19 6 34 40 32 11 2 19 23   122
Percentages:   60.3% 62.5% 73.7%
  Fast break points:   18
Points in the paint:   38
Team TO ( points off ):   20 (20)
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court.
Flagrant Fouls: 2 LALAKERS ( A Bynum 1, L Odom 1 )
Technical Fouls: PLAYERS: None - TEAMS (def3sec): None - COACHES: None
Officials: Jason Phillips , Ron Garretson , Scott Foster
Attendance: 21,087
Time of Game: 02:28

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