Win Again?

So once again the Dallas Mavericks go out and attempt to be head on against the reigning champs before them, the Los Angeles Lakers. There were different opinions being thrown out by all sides about how the result of this face off would look like. Some said the Lakers would prevail with their dominant Kobe and Gasol duo; others thought that the win was in favor of the Mavericks because Nowitzki and the rest of his teammates knew how to work well together. Overall, there was much logos being thrown about because everybody was making logical suggestions as to who would come out on top at the end. 

The game was a tight and interesting game to watch from the tip off. With Nowitzki facing off against Kobe, it was great to see who would prevail on the floor. At the end of the first quarter the Lakers were winning 25-21 against the Mavericks with Gasol kicking butt for a change instead of Bryant. Both teams went hard against each other the second half of the first half and thus at half time the score was a tie 48-48. The intense competition between the two amazing teams continued onto the next half where both teams continued to play hard and make around twenty points the third and fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter though, the Lakers seemed like they wanted it a bit more than the Dallas Mavs because the Lakers scored 24 points where the Mavs only scored 19. Though this difference might not seem like much, it made all the difference when it came to final score of the game. The final score was caused by the downplay of the Mavericks in their fourth quarter because the score was 96-91 where the Mavs only lost by five points. The loss was a dissapointment especially for Nowitzki who played approxiamately 36 points and scored 25 points. The win felt extremely nice for the Lakers though where for once Bryant wasn't the prevailing player. Pau Gasol received 39 minutes to play and was the Lakers top scorer for the night with 24 points. For once Bryant wasn't really on top because he only had 15 points for the night. Overall, this matchup further left the question open about how the Mavs will be doing this season, especially when it comes to playoffs. Will this team come back and win or will somebody else steal their spot this year?