"The defending champion Los Angeles Lakers are down two games to none to the Dallas Mavericks and may have to go into the third game of the series without a fella who is averaging 10.5 points and 4.9 rebounds per game in the playoffs.

Forward Ron Artest could be watching from the sidelines when the teams square off again, the Los Angeles Times reports. He "clothesline(d) Dallas guard Jose Barea in the closing seconds of the Lakers' 93-81 Game 2 loss Wednesday," the paper notes."