<><B>Based on history, there is hope for Mavs</B></P><>09:41 PM CDT on Thursday, May 19, 2005</P><><B>From Staff Reports</B></P><>The Mavericks are well aware that NBA teams winning Game 5 in a tied series go on to win the series 84 percent of the time. </P><>However, the Suns have led a best-of-7 series 3-2 on seven occasions and gone on to win the series only four times (57.1 percent). </P><>The Mavericks have been behind 3-2 in a series three times. They lost in six to San Antonio in the 2003 conference finals, lost in seven to the LA Lakers in the 1988 conference finals and lost in six to the Lakers in the \'86 conference semis. </P><>Since 2001, the Mavericks are 7-4 in games in which they have faced elimination. </P><><EM>Eddie Sefko </EM></P> |