Hot-shooting Mavs complete sweep to end Lakers’ season

Dirk Novitzki

DALLAS, (Reuters) – The Dallas Mavericks completed a  4-0 second round sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers with a 122-86  rout of the two-time defending champions yesterday.

Dallas tied an NBA playoff record with 20 three-pointers to  land the knockout blow on the aging and weary Lakers and send  11-time NBA champion coach Phil Jackson into retirement on a  sour note.

Jason Terry drained nine three-pointers of his own and 32  points to