Official Finals Thread: Heat Vs Mavs

yea well the glove isnt wht he used to be.
was it because of an injury or he is just not playing so well now??

gary payton's 3's
http://www.nba.com/games/20060523/MIADET/boxscore.html
http://www.nba.com/games/20060529/DETMIA/boxscore.html
did anyone else notice tht in the last 3 games of the miami-detroit series, the loser scored 78 pts. its not usual but its just something i noticed......ill stop talking now.......

Im sure every laker fan knows this and now heat fans are realizing the horrible truth:

The pick and roll is Shaq's kryptonite.


Of course he was never even dominant in this year's finals to begin with.

this series isn't over by any means, but one has to give Dallas a big edge.

Avery Johnson is an absolute genius

The biggest disappointment in this series is that Avery Johnson will not receive special merits for his team's success. At the end, when the Mavs win it, the pictures in the highlights will all be of Dirk on the court tearing up the Heat and there won't be much recognition for Johnson, who's really been the source of this team's incredible championship run.

What NBA are you watching? I've been seeing avery get as much recognition as Dirk all season and all playoffs.

If Pary Gayton shoots another three-pointer I'm going to turn the game off. He's not smart enough to step up a few feet and shoot the mid-range jumper when he's been struggling the WHOLE season from beyond the arc. Good luck tonight, Miami, you'll need it.

Did I just see Shaq strip Jason Terry of the ball?

^^yep you did...lol, nice putback by haslem earlier, and Dallas responded with a steal off of a Shaq rebound at the other end for an and1 dunk by Dampier.

woot!!!! shaq picks terry.
walker is playing excellently. he did take and miss two 3's but he is driving and making the shots.

wade has 7 boards already!!!!!!!!!! more than anyone else.
nowtizki is just a nonfactor now.
haha gary payton probably said the magic word. technical foul. i love the glove's trash talking....
yea!!!!!stackhouse misses a dunk!!!!
wade wit 9 borads

Well halftime and Miami is looking like themsleves again. Home-court really pays off in the Finals.

dam the offensive foul on shaq is bs.
nowitzki waltzes into there and shaq turns around. he didnt see nowitzki and i wish tht nowitzki lost a tooth or something.......
shaq's big arms just elbows him in the jaq

If Miami could hit their damned free-throws winning wouldn't be problem. Once again, the Heat are missing their free-throw shots and it's absolutely KILLING them.

Worst Finals matchup ever? It just might be.

omfg........77-68 dallas lead.......
wade is limping......
miami cannot lose this game.........

omfg........77-68 dallas lead.......
wade is limping......
miami cannot lose this game.........

Well they will. The Mavs are just amazing. I knew they just had too much firepower for the Heat. Everytime the Heat score, Dallas score sooooooo I guess you can say that Miami won't be winning a ring this year and I'm going to stick to what I said by saying that they will never win a ring anymore as long as Shaq is on their team.

(I'm really going to kick my own ass if the Heat do come back though)

If Miami could hit their damned free-throws winning wouldn't be problem. Once again, the Heat are missing their free-throw shots and it's absolutely KILLING them.

Worst Finals matchup ever? It just might be.

I consider the 1999 Finals with the Knicks and Spurs the worse matchup.

haha, Miami's bench absolutely SUCKS. The Mavs' bench, for the third time in a row, is outscoring the Heat's bench by 20 or more points. I really will enjoy seeing Miami go down 3-0 and hopefully get swept, as their rivarly with my hometeam obviously sparks my hatred heh, and as I spend the 45 seconds typing this, Miami has gone on a 9-2 run... back to a 5 point game. Go Mavs!!

Are you kidding me? Don't diss the amazing 99' knicks team like that...they were one of the best in knicks basketball history. They knocked off the heat...who have a history of choking....and they atleast won ONE game in the finals....which is alot more than i can say for the heat at this point. Not to mention philly vs. lakers and nets vs. lakers in the earlier part of this decade.


EDIT: crucial free throw miss by dirk and clutch superstar performance by wade squeezes a victory out of miami's constipated ass.

Heat win 98-96

omfg........77-68 dallas lead.......
wade is limping......
miami cannot lose this game.........

Well they will. The Mavs are just amazing. I knew they just had too much firepower for the Heat. Everytime the Heat score, Dallas score sooooooo I guess you can say that Miami won't be winning a ring this year and I'm going to stick to what I said by saying that they will never win a ring anymore as long as Shaq is on their team.

(I'm really going to kick my own ass if the Heat do come back though)

well i guess u should start right bout now....

Dwyyyyyyyyyyyyyane Wade is officially the greatest person on the planet! MONSTER fourth quarter by the Heat to come back and get this one! Wooooooo! Partay!

No I shouldn't because yall haven't came back to win the series yet The sweep would've looked alot better, but I can go with a 4-1 or 4-2 win which was what I was predicting anyway. I expect Dallas to win Game 4, and the Heat will probably win Game 5, then since Game 6 is back in Dallas, the Mavs will finish it up at home.

A win's a win.

Shaq and GP = clutch. Dirk = not so clutch.

Dwayne Wade is a God among Us.

Just becuase Memhpis couldnt beat Dallas in a game doesn't give you the right to be a hater. The finals are well and truely alive. Game 4 will be a war.

Has anyone honestly, ever seen Payton nail a longrange jumper? I swear he hasn't made one all playoffs.

Would you like to change the statement now?

Amazing 4th quarter comeback for the Heat. They outplayed the Mavs for 3 quarters tonight, should be something positive to build on. They had a ton of turnovers... even a high number for them and still won. If they can cut it down to 13 or so , they have a great chance of evening it up.