Dallas Mavericks Knot NBA Finals Up at 2-2

Dallas either purposefully waits until the 4th quarter to play basketball, or the Miami Heat are mentally incapable of handling losing big leads.

Dallas Mavericks 95 Miami Heat 93

That’ll do, Dallas. That’ll do. I said you would get a split in Miami and you did with another 4th quarter comeback. They turned an 88-73 deficit to a 95-93 win in Miami to tie this series up at 1-1.

A Hurried 2011 NBA Finals Prediction

I wanted to get this up earlier, but didn’t have the time. Who do I have between Dallas and Miami? Find out after the jump.

Your 2011 NBA Finals – Dallas Mavericks vs. Miami Heat

I can’t believe that just happened. The Miami Heat were in control of their series against the Chicago Bulls and had a chance to clinch tonight. With about 3 minutes left and down 77-65 I declared the game over and assumed Miami would just take care of business in game 6. Nope. LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh scored the last 18 points en route to a stunning 83-80 comeback win over Chicago at the United Center. This rally arguably was better than Dallas’ game 4 stunner over Oklahoma City on the basis that this was on the road and Miami had nothing going for them offensively prior to this amazing turn of events.

Miami takes the series 4-1 much like their Finals opponent did last night. This means that Dallas and Miami will once again square off for the NBA’s biggest prize. Both sides have only been this far twice and both times they’ve gone at the same time. In 2006, Dallas blew a 2-0 series lead to the Wade-led Heat and lost in 6 games. This year the Heat have home court and are probably the favorites to win it all.

Tuesday, May 31st (seriously? It’s been ages since it started in May) we’ll go through all the hype and suspense of perhaps our last NBA Finals for two years if the league does have a lockout. For some reason I haven’t been too immersed in this year’s playoffs but both conference finals were entertaining to watch with some high quality basketball being played.

Dallas vs. Miami will bring you the players you want to see win a championship. That’s right, who is up for Peja Stojakovic, Mike Bibby, Jason Kidd, Mike Miller, and Shawn Marion all competing for their first ever ring?!! I most certainly am.

VIDEO: ESPN Reporter Doris Burke Flubs Lines on Live TV

Much like the Oklahoma City Thunder, Doris Burke came stumbling out of the gates on national television. ESPN cut to a “live” pre-game shot of Burke in OK City where she proceeded to flub her lines and then proceed to act as if the whole thing was a recorded piece.

Los Angeles Lakers Eliminated in Embarrassing Fashion (Hmmm….This Sounds Familiar)

Pictured: Los Angeles Lakers.

2011 2nd Round (Game 4) – Dallas Mavericks 122 LA Lakers 86 (2nd worst loss in franchise history)

How nice of the Lakers to send the greatest coach in NBA history off on a high note! They’ve really perfected the art of the humiliating season-ending loss!