The Los Angeles Times‘ Lakers blog has saved you all a lot of time and heartache by determining, via a NBA 2K11 video-game simulation, that the Mavs will fall to LA in six games.
But the Mavs will win tonight, 93-89.
The Mavericks shot 41 free throws, including 20 in the final quarter, while the Lakers got only 29 trips to the line. That sparked Jackson afterward to suggest Cuban bribed the NBA so that Dallas could secure the first game, since he was upset the Lakers secured home-court advantage over Dallas.
