Um... They did... Yes he played bad at times but they also played great. It can be more than one thing, although that might be a little too hard for you to understand. Lebron did defer a lot in that series to HOF Wade who was playing incredibly well and had beaten Dallas before (with a little help from the refs). Wade was putting up 26 ppg on 53% shooting.No. I’m laughing at you that you think the Mavericks were good enough to slow down this generations goat.