DALLAS -- If a deficit of more than 30 points in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals wasn't ugly enough for the Los Angeles Lakers, things got even uglier in the fourth quarter when two Lakers players were ejected for hits made against the Dallas Mavericks.

Forward Lamar Odom was whistled for a flagrant foul 2 for bodying up on a blindsided Dirk Nowitzki with 9:06 remaining in the fourth and the Lakers trailing 94-68.

Not long after, once the Mavs' lead had grown to 100-68, 7-foot Lakers center Andrew Bynum was also thrown out of the game for a flagrant foul 2 for spearing an airborne J.J. Barea in the ribs with 8:21 remaining in the fourth when Barea was driving in the lane.

Bynum removed his jersey as he walked off the court and through a tunnel to the visitors locker room at American Airlines Center.

"We were getting embarrassed, they were breaking us down. So I just fouled somebody," Bynum said after the game. "I was just kind of salty about being embarrassed. ... For me, it was embarrassing to have the smallest guy on the court keep running down the lane and making shots."

Barea, listed at 6-0 and 175 pounds, somehow made the shot and came crashing down. He stayed on the court momentarily before getting up and, after an official timeout, returned and made the free throw.