actually dallas if they stay healthy is now a real threat to beat the lakers. The lakers have 2 teams in the west they are worried about and that's denver and dallas. People also forget the mavs don't have dampier, and now they have the size and offense to give the lakers some potential problems in a 7 game series. When they got beat by denver last year they didn't have this kind of depth like they do now.
Let's not break out the champagne and schedule the parade yet, a bit premature, but dallas is now a threat to win the whole thing.