2026 NBA Finals Shocker: Can the Spurs Defy All Odds and Rewrite History?
In the first two games of a 2021 first-round series, the Los Angeles Clippers were on the wrong side of shooting variance against the Dallas Mavericks, who shot 50.0% on 3-pointers. However, that unsustainable figure eventually regressed to the norm, and the Mavericks shot just 34.3% behind the arc in the final five games of the series as the Clippers rallied to win in seven.
Key Adjustments
When the Mavericks, as No. 4 seeds, fell behind to the fifth-seeded Houston Rockets 2-0 at home in 2005, coach Avery Johnson decided to field some smaller lineup, including power forward Dirk Nowitzki at the five, to space out their Texas rival and keep 7-foot-6 Yao Ming (one of the best paint protectors of his era) out of the paint. The Mavs rallied for a 4-3 series win.



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