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As for the rest, the only credit you can give Dallas is what you might give a man who is smart enough to step out of the way of a runaway train about to careen off its tracks, or a race car driver smart enough to slow down and watch his rival tumble over a cliff.

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The only credit you can give Dallas here is for utilizing an effective defensive strategy, but let's face it, the Lakers could have been shut down by a well-constructed hedge. It was a choke job, pure and simple.