Mavs vs Heat NBA Finals Threader

[JES12]

Never mind that in the last game against OKC Chandler foul the **** out of Westbrook in that ofensive rebound that give Dirk the second chance for the 3 . That should be 2 FT for the OKC when they were winning, instead it gave Dallas a huge break.

Hilarious! Apparently, only Westbrook is allowed to jump for the ball and it is only a foul if Chandler touched Westbrook and NOT when Westbrook touches Chandler. I knoww, I know. That is they way the refs have been calling it all post-season. Chandler is supposed to stand there doing nothing....oh, wait, he did that and gets called for a foul too. Not to mention the very next play, Westbrook gets 2 free throws from an erroneous foul on Chandler (even the ESPN crew all agreed ti was erroneous). But damned 'ol heat fans will just say anything for a good laugh.

And LOL at Durant, Westbrook and Harden getting all the touch fouls called and Dirk getting clobbered everytime he touches the ball with no whistle. I guess heat fans are banking it that being Bosh, Lebron and Wade this series.

[peppersquared]

Kidd >> Bibby
DS <<<< Wade
Trix <<< Bron
Dirk > Bosh
Chandler >>> Anthony

Dallas Bench (Hay, Terry, JJB, and Peja) > Miami Bench (lilo' Mikey, Haslem, Chalmers, and Jones)

In each series against Portland, LA, and OKC, rebounding was a big problem for us. Against Miami it won't be. They don't have a center. So that's big.

Its going to be fun to see what the Heat do against Kidd. Bibby is a non-factor, which means Kidd can roam the floor to double Wade whenever he wants.

Its also going to be fun to watch the Heat struggle against Hay and Ty. In the 2006 series, the Mavs centers were non-existent. I get angry even hearing that wusses name. But Ty and Hay can roam the floor on defense and will totally disrupt Lebron and Wade's game.

Dallas in 6.

You're missing a couple >> for dirk.



Jes don't bother. He's a Miami heat fan that lives in Italy. All u need to know.

[peppersquared]

That pic means nothing to me, there were 3 games in Miami that pic coulda been taking anytime.

It's already been made clear.... that's an actual shot from the most criticized foul in Finals history. It was all over ESPN, Yahoo, RealGM, etc. during the debates. It was a clear and obvious foul. The rule book states so. Get over it and give credit where its due. The better team always wins a 7 game series in sports. It's as simple as that.

Again. Since u blind Miami homers don't get it. Bennett Salvatore made that call 50 ft from behind thru different players in his vision. He's the only ref that blew the whistle, and there's NO POSSIBLE way he called devin for that hand. Unless he has x ray vision. It's not hard to follow.

[rockmanslim]

Biggest positive is JJ has someone to guard in this series, Bibby is useless and we'd want Chalmers to pull a "Maynor". That's HUGE for the Mavs.

Going into the series I EXPECT Lebron and Wade to shoot 10 fts a game. I just expect it, what we CAN'T have happen is for them to get around 25+. That will be death. Granted a lot of that is up to the Refs and not the Mavs. Dear NBA, Let Lebron and Dirk decide the game on the court. We don't want another Bennett Salvatore calling a foul on Devin Harris with less than 3 secs on the clock from 50 feet away on the other side of the court. That's all we ask for.



Need to win one of the first 2 in Miami. Must be nice to play in the JV conference and get to play an East schedule to get home court.

Mavs fans will always use this as an excuse, shame on you, like they say, an image is better than 1000 words.

the foul was called on dirk, not devin. nice try, though.

[Mundo]

Biggest positive is JJ has someone to guard in this series, Bibby is useless and we'd want Chalmers to pull a "Maynor". That's HUGE for the Mavs.

Going into the series I EXPECT Lebron and Wade to shoot 10 fts a game. I just expect it, what we CAN'T have happen is for them to get around 25+. That will be death. Granted a lot of that is up to the Refs and not the Mavs. Dear NBA, Let Lebron and Dirk decide the game on the court. We don't want another Bennett Salvatore calling a foul on Devin Harris with less than 3 secs on the clock from 50 feet away on the other side of the court. That's all we ask for.



Need to win one of the first 2 in Miami. Must be nice to play in the JV conference and get to play an East schedule to get home court.

Mavs fans will always use this as an excuse, shame on you, like they say, an image is better than 1000 words.

the foul was called on dirk, not devin. nice try, though.

It's still a foul. Do you understand that??

[sm0kkey]

It always the losers who cry about the refs

[crucifixx]

So Miami fans go to our board and troll and it's fine. I post something in the Miami board and got banned. Nice.

[Tuff Gong]

Knicks fan here....I'll be rooting hard for the Mavs...almost as if my Knicks were in the finals...it'll be sickening to see the Miami Divas win a title...the cHeat don't deserve it.

So winning a title isn't deserving of winning a title? Your logic makes no sense, but I can see that your only motive is to hate with you being a Knicks fan and all.

If the Heat win this series, then they deserve to be NBA Champions.
If the Mavs win this series, then THEY deserve to be NBA Champions.

Period.

Stop talking nonsense.

[Number34]

So Miami fans go to our board and troll and it's fine. I post something in the Miami board and got banned. Nice.

The heat mods have had to be really strict on trolling ever since the off season, if you want to post there you need the the secret password and hand shake

Just saying, I haven't most some of the 'heat fans' on our boards before.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to the finals, should be a great battle!

Good luck guys.

[cs hauser]

Last night, I came down with a case of the crazies.

I have now seen the future, and it is indeed a 4-0 sweep. The 4th game will be a blowout in which one team shamelessly gives up midway through the 3rd quarter. And that team was Miami.

That is all.

[rockmanslim]

Mavs fans will always use this as an excuse, shame on you, like they say, an image is better than 1000 words.

the foul was called on dirk, not devin. nice try, though.

It's still a foul. Do you understand that??

Yeah, it was a phantom foul called on Dirk. Do you understand that?

[Brooklyn_34]

Kidd >> Bibby
DS <<<< Wade
Trix <<< Bron
Dirk > Bosh
Chandler >>> Anthony

Dallas Bench (Hay, Terry, JJB, and Peja) > Miami Bench (lilo' Mikey, Haslem, Chalmers, and Jones)

In each series against Portland, LA, and OKC, rebounding was a big problem for us. Against Miami it won't be. They don't have a center. So that's big.

Its going to be fun to see what the Heat do against Kidd. Bibby is a non-factor, which means Kidd can roam the floor to double Wade whenever he wants.

Its also going to be fun to watch the Heat struggle against Hay and Ty. In the 2006 series, the Mavs centers were non-existent. I get angry even hearing that wusses name. But Ty and Hay can roam the floor on defense and will totally disrupt Lebron and Wade's game.

Dallas in 6.

You nailed it.

The most important matchups are at Center and Bench.

That will decide the series. If Chandler can pull a Nate Thurmond, we will be in real REAL good shape.
We need about 15 pts and 18-20 rebounds out of our center position, and we might be able to get it. Carlisle needs to exploit that. But Chandlerwood needs protection against drives-- we need better perimeter defense. Carlisle must play Brewer. We will need zone as well.

If we can get 8-10 from Peja, 10-15 from Barea, 15-20 from Terry, this will be a very short series in our favor.

We have the tools to win in 5 games, if Carlisle makes the right rotation moves.

[arkuo]

[2011Champs]

Kinda creepy

[BelgianMagic]

Magic fan here,

I really hope you guys win I've been a huge Dirk fan for as long as I've watched him play. And the fact that I live close to Germany and speak the language also helps

If there's one team that deserves a championship, it's you guys. Great franchise, great owner, great players, great fans too ..

Good luck guys, our whole board wll be rooting for you guys (except for some who root for Miami to jinx them )

[HMFFL]

Jason Terry's tattoo temporary?

Jason Terry's tattoo of the Larry O'Brien Trophy could be temporary.

If his Dallas Mavericks don't beat the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals, Terry said he would have the tattoo removed from the inside of his right biceps.

"I definitely know that it will hurt worse if I have to take this thing off than it did putting it on," Terry said Sunday after the Mavericks wrapped up their final practice before boarding their flight to Miami.

If the Mavs fail to win their first NBA championship, Terry said it would mean his tattoo was bad luck.

"I'm very superstitious," he said. http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba/ne ... id=6605599

[fishfuego.]

Good luck Dallas, as a Bulls fan I'm still not quite over the frustration of the joke of a series that was the East Conf finals. The bulls did a good job defensively but struggled offensively and need to get better this offseason. Playing 5 on 8 basketball didn't help either. I couldn't stand James in Clevland, and I hate the Heat, their arrogance, and their goal to buy a championship. You guys have had a good playoff run and I hope that continues into the finals. I as I'm sure most of the Bulls nation will be backing you guys this series. I for one do not wan the Cheat to win a title now or ever.

All I can say is as long as you can keep your composure and play your game and not not let the bias from the three blind mice get to you. I think subconsciously that got to the young Bulls. You have a good shot to knock off the heat for a well deserved Championship Dirk certainly deserves a title as does the Mavs team and their fans. Good luck in the finals and I hope you sweep the heat.

LOL
As if the Bulls weren't trying to buy LBJ, Wade and Bosh during FA. The irony.

Anyways, I'm mainly here to to say, let the best team win.

[MaliBrah]

Lebron James...........Average......Dallas (Marion)
2009-10.....................29.7...............25.0
2010-11.....................26.7...............21.0
Add in that is assists were down and turnovers up against us

Dwayne Wade..........Average.......Dallas (Stevenson)
2009-10.....................26.6...............28.0 (w/o Stevenson)
2010-11.....................25.5...............22.0 (w/ Stevenson)

And by no means am I implying that any of their players can be stopped. What I am saying is that Dallas does have the right defenders and we did sweep them in the regular season sandwitching their 12 game win streak. Anyone saying that the Heat are the "heavy favorites" can only say that because they are basing their opinion on reputation and NOT the FACTS.

dirk wasnt that great in the season series as well this year. so i guess we have the right defenders for dirk as well?? miami has shortened their rotation and i think it can force dallas to shorten their rotation and take away that depth advantage dallas has

[witnessraps]

Raps fan droppin in.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MAVS!!!!!!!!!! I'm really rootin for you guys to CRUSH the heat (please) and get Dirk and Terry a ring.

[crucifixx]

Funny how fast we've become from the ultimate choker in the NBA to America's sweetheart in a month. Haha