PHOENIX — The odds were stacked extremely heavily against the Dallas Mavericks. In fact, 76.8 percent of Game 7s in the history of the NBA have been won by the home team.
In other words, the Mavs probably had a better chance of winning the Powerball than winning a Game 7 on the home court of the powerful Phoenix Suns, who easily were the best team in the NBA this season. But the Mavs took those stats, crumbled them up, threw them in the trash can and then went out and shocked the world and the Suns, 123-90, Sunday night at Footprint Center.