DALLAS - So this is how it could end for Phil Jackson, the guy who turned Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal into champions.
With a sweep.
The two-time defending champions trail Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks 3-0 going into Game 4 of their second-round series Sunday.
And if they lose, it will be Jackson's last game because he announced he will not be coaching next year.
At this point, it seems more like a question of when, not if, he's done, as all 98 NBA teams to go down 0-3 have eventually been eliminated; 59 were swept.
"I told them not to think about that," Jackson said. "You're thinking about winning tomorrow's game, forcing another game in L.A. on Tuesday."
His five children, however, aren't taking any chances.
"They think they have to hustle in just in case this is the last game that I coach," Jackson said. "That's a drag that I don't need to have happen, but they're coming anyway because they're insisting upon it."
