Dallas Mavericks

Miami Heat Confidence Meter:  9.4 (OH, that’s nice) •  Early on in the game, the Dallas Mavericks seemed determined to run high pick and roll, and run secondary offense to seek three point shots.  It seemed to work, if not for the fact that it was obviously not a strategy, rather something the Miami Heat [...]

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•  What a season.  As for the deciding game, it was called correctly, and the Heat could not take advantage of it.  Poor rotation defense, and namely poor free throw shooting did Miami in.  Dirk Nowitski is a worthy champion no matter how it was gained or how poorly he played in the deciding game.  [...]

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•  In the end, a terrible call probably decided the game.  With 2:27 remaining and the Heat down 102-100, the ball found LeBron James finishing at the rim for a easy and-1.  Joey Crawford called a charge on LeBron when the replay clearly showed Tyson Chandler’s left foot inside the restricted area.  That call was [...]

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•  All the fuel the LeBron James haters needed/wanted, they got.  James played his worst game in his short Heat career in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.  It was almost intentional.  James got himself into a rhythm of creating and deferred his entire offensive game.  Dallas made it a point to keep him out of [...]

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•  Great win, because of how it was won.  The Heat overcame flat out poor and possibly crooked officiating.  The disparity on fouls called and foul shots attempted was striking when you consider that one team was attacking incessantly, and the other was jump shooting, while praying for threes to go in to keep in [...]

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•  Dwyane Wade was spectacular on this night, but it was the hero ball and the flat out stagnation of the Heat offense that blew this game.  You expected the Heat to use Wade handling the ball down the stretch in this one the way the game was going, but the Heat insisted on running [...]

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