Hello friends! What started with 30 teams then went down to 16 then went down to 8 then went down to 4 and now at long last we are down to the final 2! Tomorrow night the Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat will meet in a NBA Finals rematch 5 years in the making! So with that here are my thoughts on the 2011 NBA Finals!
NBA Finals: Dallas Mavericks vs. Miami Heat
In the regular season the Mavs averaged 102 Points Per Game against the Heat while Miami averaged 95.5 Points Per Game. The Mavs shot 45.3% from the field while the Heat shot 40.9% from the field. Finally the Mavs averaged 49 total rebounds in the 2 games against Miami this year while the Heat averaged 43.5 total rebounds. Not only did the Mavs win both regular season meetings with the Heat but the Mavs have also won 14 straight regular season meetings against the Heat which is the 2nd longest winning streak between teams in the NBA Finals! The other 4 teams to enter the Finals with at least a 5-game winning streak against their opponent have gone on to win the title! Hmmm interesting! However on the other side of the coin let me ask you all a little question if I may and that question is this! What do Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra and Celtics head coach Doc Rivers have in common? Well I'll tell you! Before inheriting their respective "big 3's" neither coach had won a playoff series. In the 1st year with their respective Big 3's, both Spoelstra and Rivers advanced to the NBA Finals with Rivers winning an NBA title in 2008. OK now to my pick! When it comes to starting 5's the Heat clearly have the edge mainly because of who else the big 3 of LeBron, Wade, and Bosh! However I give the Mavs a slight edge in bench players because of Jason Terry, Peja Stojakavic, and perhaps 1 of the league's best kept secrets in JJ Barea who has come out of nowhere in this postseason! In terms of coaching Mavs head coach Rick Carlisle has the edge when it comes to experience while Heat head man Erik Spoelstra has done a rather nice job coaching this team through all the hype and media scrutiny the Heat have faced really since LeBron's infamous decision special last July! For the Mavs to avenge their finals collapse against Miami back in 06 the other starters and more importantly the bench players really have to step up and put up some big numbers because let's not kid ourselves here friends Dirk cannot do all the work by himself! In addition the Mavs have to do what Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago couldn't do in these playoffs thus far and that is they have to keep LeBron and D-Wade away from the basket and the free throw line! For Miami to win this series of course the big 3 need to keep dominating and putting up points aplenty like they have done all season long, their bench players such as James Jones, Udonis Haslem, and Mike Miller also need to contribute, and of course LeBron and D-Wade have to dominate the points in the paint and get to the free throw line as much as possible! So who wins? Well as much as I would like to see Dallas avenge their loss to Miami back in 2006 I really and honestly don't see that happening as I see Miami winning this series in 7 games as I think the big 3 will be too much for the Mavs to handle and if Miami does win then expect LeBron to be named Finals MVP!
Winners: Miami Heat 4 games to 3
Well friends those were my thoughts on this year's NBA Finals thanks so much for reading and please join me right back here tomorrow night as I will preview this year's Stanley Cup Finals between the Boston Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks so until then you know the routine everybody! Thumbs up talk to you all later! YEAH!!! Bye bye for now!
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