NBA FINALS: Heat-Mavericks

[EDGECRUSHER]

I still say the Heat win if this game goes back to Miami. Never been a big fan of the 2-3-2 format.

[jtex316]

The Mavs simply cannot keep up with the Heat, when the Heat actually want to win the game for all 48 minutes of the contest.

It took the biggest gag job of all gag jobs to barely squeeze by the Heat in a miraculous fashion - the Mavs were playing poorly turning the ball over a lot and getting run up and down the court after the end of the 1st half. They barely edged the Heat out by the slimmest of margins - you can easily make the argument that the Heat beat the Heat. Is there another professional NBA team that couldn't make a comeback with the way the Heat blew it last night?

I feel that this will be short lived, and it's big news right now because it's A. the Finals and B. it's the Heat. Once the Heat win either Game 3 or 4 (they will win one of those contests), the series will be at least 2-2, if not 3-1 Heat, and then the conversation will come full circle to talking about how the Mavs can't keep up with the Heat and blah blah blah...

[Spider-Dan]

Wade holding up hand "posing" the shot with a serious look in his eyes - complete Poker Face.

Then, here comes LeBron partying it up and trying to give "dap" to Wade for scoring point number 36 of the night.

D-Wade is not even trying to participate in all that - he's walking back to the bench. He's been here before - there's too much time left on the clock to be hooping it up and celebrating.

Wade was smiling and laughing with LeBron.  Give me a break.

[MikeO]

MikeO is spot-on here - if the Heat lose this, I'm going to look back at his little party with Wade in front of the Mavs bench with LOTS OF TIME left on the clock and I'm going to be very angry at him for jazzing it up before the game was over. It's a 48-minute game, you HAVE to play all 48 minutes to win in this league, especially in the Finals. Did LeBron think the Mavs would just roll over easily? There's a reason they are in the Finals.

Lebron showed again why everyone outside of South Florida hates him. He gives people reasons to hate him. Last night was just another. He can get all pissed at Barkley and everything, but Lebron needs to look in the mirror and realize people don't hate him just because. There are valid reasons why there is so much hate towards him. And he brings it ALL on himself!

[Thundergod]

O.M.F.G. Did I miss the confetti, bands marching all over the court, cheerleaders doing backflips holding signs up with the numbers 6/3 on it? They were enjoying the MOMENT. As if that shit never happens in sports. Get off it already.

...and people enjoy watching the planned TD celebrations by WR's in the NFL.   

[MikeO]

O.M.F.G. Did I miss the confetti, bands marching all over the court, cheerleaders doing backflips holding signs up with the numbers 6/3 on it? They were enjoying the MOMENT. As if that shit never happens in sports. Get off it already.

...and people enjoy watching the planned TD celebrations by WR's in the NFL.   

They enjoy the moment after every basket. Wade standing damn near on the Mavs bench with his hand in the air for what seemed forever making faces and holding his foul threw hand while Lebron jumps and is punching his chest....its overdone to the 1000th degree.

How about "ENJOY THE MOMENT" when you win the game and there is 0:00 on the clock. Until then, act like ya been there before!

[Thundergod]

Yeah. Uh huh.

[Sunstroke]

Wade standing damn near on the Mavs bench...

He took the shot from damned near on the Mavs bench...so it wouldn't really have been spontaneous if he had run to halfcourt (ala T.O.) to freeze-frame the release pose.

with his hand in the air for what seemed forever

Just replayed the video... One mississippi, two mississippi, three missi--oops, forever

They enjoy the moment after every basket.

Haven't missed a play throughout the playoffs, and it's probably closer to one out of six that they do anything more than point to each other or a high-5 running downcourt...not "every basket" (100%), but hey, what's a little exaggeration if it gets the point across?

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Miami gacked this one...no ifs, ands or buts about it. They got too full of themselves and tried to mail it in for a win...and Dirk & the Mavs 'jacked that shit quick. I expect Miami to have a little different focus on Sunday, but if they don't, and they forget that they need to play a full 48, Dallas has more than enough talent to beat them again.

[MikeO]

He took the shot from damned near on the Mavs bench...so it wouldn't really have been spontaneous if he had run to halfcourt (ala T.O.) to freeze-frame the release pose.

How about just run up the court and act like its just another shot. There was still what, 6 min left in the game

[Pats2006]

The best part of the game for me was Dirk blowing by Bosh and he weak D to score the game winner!! Bosh not so bad now huh..

[EDGECRUSHER]

Maybe I missed a highlight, but I didn't think the reaction by Wade and Lebron after Wade hit that 3 was all that bad. Showboating a little, but nothing that would make me scream disrespect. Maybe I missed something. I mean, you are up by 15 and SHOULD have a 2-0 Finals lead locked up. Some jubilation is to be expected.

[Dave Gray]

Game 4 is now a must win for the Mavs.  The HEAT got a lot of ticky-tack calls on them, chasing down rebounds and stuff, and were still able to hold on to that win.  It was series changing. 

[jtex316]

It's highly unlikely now that the Mavs will win the series. They have to beat the Heat 3 of the next 4 games, with at minimum one of those victories in Miami. Can anyone see the Mavs winning against the Heat 3 times out of the next 4 games? Maybe they win 1 more game in this series and tie it at 2, and maybe they win game 4 and then force a final game by winning game 6, but I don't see how the Mavs can beat the Heat 3 of the next 4 (which needs to include at least 2 victories in a row)

[Sunstroke]

I think Dallas will win one of the next two games played in Dallas, but it's over as soon as Miami gets home.

That's good I suppose...I think it's better when a team wins the Finals on their home court. It allows the fans to get crazy in earnest.

[MikeO]

Miami is so much better than Dallas it isn't even funny. The fact that these games are so close is amazing.