Round 2! Lakers And Mavs Get Ready For Tip
EL SEGUNDO (AP) -- Although they had quite a combustible meeting last month, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks anticipate no thuggish behavior in the clubs' first playoff meeting in 23 years.
Matt Barnes has already been there, done that, and got the T-shirt.
The Lakers forward's sportswear company is selling shirts generated out of the clubs' ejection-plagued meeting a month ago, but he realizes neither team can waste time shoving anybody around in the postseason.
Their leaders already have set the tone. Phil Jackson and Mark Cuban are two of the best needlers in basketball, but the Lakers' 11-time champion coach and the Mavericks' billionaire owner kept their barbs to themselves this weekend. Game 1 is Monday night at Staples Center.
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