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Stackhouse suspension may motivate Mavs in Game 5

By Ric Bucher
ESPN The Magazine

Saturday, June 17, 2006

NBA commandant Stu Jackson could have very well done the Dallas Mavericks a favor by suspending Jerry Stackhouse for Sunday's Game 5 of the 2006 NBA Finals. If the results of some other playoff suspensions are any indication, being a man down can be just the catalyst to get a team, collectively, to man up. And rest assured, that's exactly what the Mavs need to do if they don't want to be forever haunted by the fourth-quarter passivity that cost them Game 3. Coach Avery Johnson already had tak ...

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