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DALLAS – The recreation is over for Phil politician and his fivesome kids.

They've spent the terminal 20-plus eld treating the NBA playoffs same a clannish party, according to their dad. So with politician retiring after this postseason, and with his Los Angeles Lakers on the brink of elimination, quaternary of them flew to metropolis for Game 4 of a second-round program against the Mavericks.

Decked discover in chromatic hats with romish numerals rating Jackson's 10th and 11th championships, hoping he could somehow vantage discover No. 12, they instead witnessed perhaps the worst mettlesome of his playoff occupation — an ugly laugher expiration to the Mavericks, completing Dallas' sweep.

Jason Terry equal a playoff achievement with figure 3-pointers and the Mavs advanced to the Western Conference finals with a 122-86 conclusion Sun that ended the Lakers' separate toward a third straightforward NBA championship.

"It change beatific tonight, but we undergo we're exclusive central home," edifice gladiator author said. "We've got octad wins, but we need octad more. That's our eventual goal."

Jackson knows that meliorate than anyone.

A uranologist of Famer since 2007, he leaves with a achievement 11 titles, and exclusive 10 program losses. Take absent Red Auerbach, who won figure championships, and politician won more titles than any digit coaches combined. He won six championships with archangel Jordan, threesome with Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal, and the terminal digit with Bryant directive the way.

The 65-year-old Zen Master had to be talked into coming back this year. He was lured by the motion for a 12th title, bundled neatly as quaternary three-peats, but he knew it would be thickened with a aggroup worn downbound by threesome straightforward eld of activity into mid-June.

"(That) puts a lot of lineage on the sport club from every angles: personalities, spiritually, physically, emotionally, and effort live up for mettlesome after mettlesome and attack after attack when you go in and endeavor a team," politician said. "It was a challenge large than we could beat this year."

Jackson has old before, exclusive to become back. This time, he said he effectuation it.

"In every my hopes and aspirations, this is the test mettlesome that I'll coach," he said. "It's been a wonderful run."

Assistant Brian Shaw, a former Lakers player, is considered a front-runner to take over. The large decisions for generalized trainer Mitch Kupchak module be how to surround Bryant. He haw poverty a younger saucer guard than Derek Fisher, who turns 37 before incoming season, and he haw consider breaking up his tandem of 7-footers, saint Bynum and Pau Gasol.

"We every undergo they always become back and intend themselves back in the race," politician said. "The Lakers are feat to survive."

And politician module be rooting them on.

"My consort and truelove is streaming the methodicalness on the business side," he said, referring to Jeannie Buss, girl of club someone Dr. Jerry Buss, "so I undergo I'll be participating somehow."

Jackson's feat module be change hardest by Bryant.

"I grew up low him," Bryant said. "The artefact I move things, the artefact I conceive most things — not exclusive basketball, life in generalized — comes from him. It's a lowercase weird for me to conceive of what incoming assemblage is feat to be like."

Dallas module patron either Oklahoma City or Memphis in the word finals. The Grizzlies lead the Thunder 2-1 feat into Game 4 on Monday night. The incoming ammo probable won't move before incoming Sunday, a layoff that could pay Brobdingnagian dividends for a listing filled with players in their 30s.

Then again, the Mavs strength poverty to keep activity the artefact they're going.

They equal a playoff achievement with 20 3-pointers, actuation 63 proportionality from behindhand the curve and 60 proportionality from the earth (44 of 73) overall.

They daylong a concern achievement by success their sixth straightforward playoff game, a streak that began correct after they blew a 23-point lead in Game 4 of their first-round program against Portland.

While the gathering went bonkers every afternoon, they weren't doused in confetti at game's end. The methodicalness held back to represent that this is exclusive a travel toward the large goal of success its first title.

"I'm feat to savor this for a day," Dirk Nowitzki said. "I conceive I'm gonna hit whatever dish and cheat on my diet."

Terry prefabricated 11 of 14 shots for 32 points. J.J. Barea ordered a occupation playoff-best with 22 points and Peja Stojakovic additional 21 points. None of those guys start.

"We've been doing it by NGO every assemblage long," said Nowitzki, who scored 17 points, his fewest this postseason. "There are a lot of guys who can attain plays and attain shots when it counts."

The Lakers blew big, New leads in Games 1 and 3, and came in talking most cleanup up their fourth-quarter performance. They never got that far.

The second lodge evidenced to be digit of the most spectacular in Mavericks history, thanks mostly to Terry.

He was 5 of 6 from behindhand the curve that period, and the aggroup was 7 of 8 — despite Jackson's repeated demands that his players separate at them to essay forcing them to dribble up for 2-pointers instead of 3s. The Mavericks had a separate of 13-2 primeval in the lodge and a 10-1 spout at the end.

Bryant couldn't recognizance discover the Lakers. He prefabricated exclusive 1 of 5 shots in the punctuation and had digit turnovers. His exclusive goal came after shoving Barea absent from him; the pesky lowercase saucer guard got modify correct away, driving straightforward to the edge for a layup.

Bryant ended 7 of 18 for 17 points. Gasol's forfeited postseason continued, too; he had 10 points and octad rebounds.

To attain the expiration modify more difficult for the Lakers, Lamar Odom and Bynum were both ejected within a 45-second movement of the fourth lodge for flagrant fouls.

NOTES: Teams chase 0-3 are today 0-99 in NBA playoff history. The Lakers became the 60th to intend swept. ... Before the game, politician was told the association was fining him $35,000 for comments he prefabricated Sat that were critical of officials. "That's not recreation having a opinion same I've been chased downbound the freeway by them," politician said. "But as Richard President says, 'You won't be healthy to squawk this guy around any more.'" ... The lopsided expiration continuing a trend for the Lakers. Although they'd won figure straightforward series, their previous eliminations were by 39, nine, 31 and 13 points. ... The 39-point expiration — to Beantown in Game 6 of the 2008 Finals — was the exclusive large laugher expiration than this for Jackson, Bryant and the entire Lakers franchise. ... Nowitzki improved to 8-0 in playoff games against Gasol.

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