Jason Richardson scored 22 points for the Warriors, who could become just the third team in league history to knock off a No. 1 seed in the opening round.
Only Denver (1994) and New York (1999) have won a playoff series as a No. 8 seed -- and both did it in the old best-of-five format.
The Warriors are an even more unlikely candidate as a 42-40 club that didn't make the playoffs until the final day of the regular season -- but Golden State has a hold on Dallas, winning eight of the clubs' last nine meetings.
Jerry Stackhouse scored 24 points and kept Dallas ahead for most of the second half, but the Mavericks' offense tightened up as soon as Davis, the Warriors' incredible point guard, took charge.
Game five is today in Dallas.
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