Jason Kidd: Best performance this post season for the Dallas Mavericks - NBA Playoffs 2011 (Part-2)
The Dallas Mavericks’ Jason Kidd performed extremely well in the post season and led his team against every opponent they faced in the playoffs. His tremendous defensive play played an exceptional role in the second round series
win against the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Mavericks’ overpowered the Lakers in their first game of the Western Conference semi-finals and went ahead at Staples Centre to play the second game of the best of seven series. The game ended again in the favour of Dallas
93-81 as their guard Jason Kidd provided additional defence at the back end. Kidd scored 10 points, two rebounds and six assists for the Dallas Mavericks.
Playing at home court in Dallas the Mavericks were determined to extend their 2-0 lead against the Lakers. Though Jason Kidd scored 11 points in the game, but his performance was little shaky against the Lakers in that particular
game as he missed several easy three pointers and remained 3-for-12 in the game. However, his nine assists proved valuable for his team who took 3-0 lead in the Conference semi-finals.
Jason Kidd and his team went on-to oust the Lakers from the championship in their very next game at American Airlines Centre where they stunned their opponents with 122-86 and booked their place in the Conference finals against
the Oklahoma City Thunder. Kidd played almost 25 minutes in that particular game and scored only three points while he assisted seven points. Jason Kidd scored 31 points, 13 rebounds and 33 assists against the Los Angeles Lakers in all four games.
The Mavericks’ next encounter was against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Conference finals. Jason Kidd and his consistent defence and superfluous athleticism were much appreciable in all previous playoff games against two of
the very best sides in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played brilliant against the Portland Trail Blazers in first round while performed well against the Lakers.
The Conference finals were again proved a huge accomplishment for the Dallas Mavericks. They played as one unit and destroyed the Thunder 4-1. Jason Kidd alone scored 48 points and 26 rebounds in five games. His defensive strategy
not only assisted the Mavericks to clinch the series, but also helped his teammates to score the points freely down the stretch as he assisted 43 points in all those five games against the Thunder.
Nevertheless, his performance was first-rated against the Thunder, but Jason Kidd especially performed wonderfully in game 4 at Oklahoma City Arena in Oklahoma City. He scored 17 points five rebounds, seven assists and four steals.
The 38 year old guard Jason Kidd led his team all through to the playoffs and helped the Dallas Mavericks to qualify into the NBA finals against the Miami Heat.
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