The final score told us that the Lakers
had just beaten the Mavericks by 17.
But Coach Dick Monáe didn't feel the
Mavericks played that bad.
No, we didn't. I told him, I don't know
how you guard Jabari any better.
And yet he got all kinds of points.
And Magic was fabulous.
And Nixon
was was ready to play their team.
We could go out there and play for
another four hours and we still and
meeting with Jabbar, scoring 32
and Magic Johnson and Norm Nixon adding
twenty five.
The Lakers were in playoff form.
I thought we were very, very into
the game.
We did a job on the boards and
the last six minutes of the game is
probably one of our best defensive
stands. In a long while, the
Lakers came out with fire in their eyes.
The Mavericks never had the lead last
night, and they did so perhaps
because of their two losses to Dallas.
Maybe the Lakers were a bit embarrassed.
Yeah, it was a little bit because, you
know, they were beating us with shots.
We would love someone to beat to it, but
they were putting it in.
So it was it was
I mean, they literally gave us fits and
we wanted to come out with a strong
showing tonight.
The Mavericks have now lost two straight.
They'll try and change things tomorrow
night at reunion against Atlanta.
Mike Fernandez, Channel 5 Action Sports.