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In the 2011 NBA Playoffs, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in the First Round, swept the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Semifinals and beat the Oklahoma City Thunder in the West Finals to reach the championship round. The Mavs faced the Miami Heat in the 2011 NBA Finals in a [...]


The Dallas Mavericks finally took the series lead at 3 games to 2 after defeating the Miami Heat in the pivotal game 5 of the 2011 NBA Finals. The game was close and both teams went back and forth in terms of lead changes but the outcome was decided by the Mavs’ clutch shooting in [...]


Dirk Nowitzki once again had a brilliant performance in another comeback victory for the Dallas Mavericks in game 4 of the 2011 NBA Finals despite not feeling well. Here’s a quick recap. In the first three quarters, The Miami Heat and the Mavs had a close contest as they exchange leads. Then in the fourth, [...]


The Miami Heat escaped with a two-point victory in game 3 of the 2011 NBA Finals. Here’s a quick recap. Miami built a decent lead in the first half of that game but the Dallas Mavericks kept closing in as they surged into a 17-3 run completed by a Shawn Marion layup that tied the [...]


Down 15 points in the fourth quarter, the Dallas Mavericks unleashed a furious run to win the game 2 of the 2011 NBA Finals. Here’s a quick recap. A 3-point shot made by Dwyane Wade ballooned the Miami Heat lead with 7:13 remaining in the game. As the Heat seemed pumped up with the shot [...]


The Miami Heat’s Big Three carried the team to victory in game 1 of the 2011 NBA Finals. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh scored 24, 22 and 19 points respectively and grabbed 9, 10 and 9 rebounds to give the Eastern Conference Champions an early series lead.


The 2011 Eastern Conference Champions Miami Heat moves on to the NBA Finals for the second time in franchise history. They are going to face the Western Conference champs Dallas Mavericks who’s also appearing for the second time. This is a championship rematch between these two teams as they first met back in 2006 wherein [...]


It’s sweet sixteen for the Los Angeles Lakers as the franchise grabbed its 16th NBA Championship title. It’s as sweet as it gets as Kobe Bryant got his fifth ring and his second consecutive NBA Finals MVP award. After averaging more than 28 points per game, Kobe Bryant was awarded the Bill Russell trophy by [...]