The Los Angeles Lakers will try to even their second-round NBA playoff series with the Dallas Mavericks Wednesday night in Game 2 at Staples Center. They held a 16-point lead early in the third quarter, but ended up losing by two, 96-94 in Game 1 on Monday night. Here are the relevant details of Game 2:
Who: No. 2 seed Lakers (57-25), No. 3 seed Mavericks (57-25)
What: 2011 Western Conference Semifinals, Game 2; Dallas leads best-of-seven series, 1-0
Where: Staples Center, downtown Los Angeles
When: 7:30 p.m. PDT
TV: TNT
Game 1 Aftermath: When losing Game 1, the Lakers in their history are 13-22 in all best-of-seven series.
Game 2 Hope: When splitting the first two games of a best-of-seven series, the Lakers are 29-12 all-time
Back of Milk Cartons: The Lakers need better games Wednesday from Andrew Bynum (eight points, five rebounds in Game 1) and Ron Artest (two points, three rebounds, four assists, three steals)
Bench: The Dallas bench outscored the Lakers' bench 40-25 in Game 1, and the Mavs' reserves shot 55.2% from the field.
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