| Miami - Dallas: Playing for it all |
Sat May 28 10:59:29 2011 EST |
| Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Only seven different teams have won the NBA Championship since 1984. One of them, the Miami Heat, took home the trophy in 2006 with a four-games-to-two win over the Dallas Mavericks. Five years later, the two teams are back at it with mostly new casts of characters. For Miami, only 2006 NBA Finals MVP Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem are still with the club, while Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry are the two players who remain in Dallas. The Mavericks were favored |
| NBA Finals Preview - Miami vs. Dallas |
Fri May 27 14:51:57 2011 EST |
| (Sports Network) - Five years after Miami won its first and only NBA championship over the Dallas Mavericks, the two teams are set to meet again for the league's biggest prize starting Tuesday in south Florida. The Heat won the championship back in 2006, roaring back from an 0-2 deficit to win four straight, becoming just the third team to win a title after losing the first two games in the NBA Finals. That series marked both Dallas' and Miami's first appearance in the finals and was the coming |
| Heat run into the NBA Finals |
Fri May 27 12:43:19 2011 EST |
| lked towards the Chicago bench following his unlikely 3- pointer with under four minutes to play to put the Bulls up by 12, it seemed the series was destined to return to Miami for Game 6. Taking a page out of the Western Conference Champion Dallas Mavericks book, the Miami Heat had a different trip home in mind. Behind a 19-4 run in the final 3:53, the Heat managed to overcome the double- digit deficit to join the Mavs just days after they shocked the Oklahoma City crowd with a momentous comeba |
| Mavs Late Push the Likely Turning Point in Series |
Tue May 24 13:47:03 2011 EST |
| Toronto, Ontario (Sports Network) - After an embarrassing loss to the Dallas Mavericks in Game 3 - trailing from start-to-finish - the Oklahoma City Thunder looked like they were going to get retribution with a wire-to-wire victory of their own in Game 4. That's when Dirk Nowitzki decided he was heading back home with the series in his control. Behind Nowitzki's brilliance down the stretch, the Mavs went on a 17-2 run in the final five minutes to send the game into overtime - tying the game for |
| Nowitzki, Mavs inch closer to Finals berth after Game 4 OT win |
Tue May 24 00:58:18 2011 EST |
| Oklahoma City, OK (Sports Network) - Dirk Nowitzki put the Dallas Mavericks on his back late in regulation and forced overtime in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals. There, Jason Kidd hit a go-ahead three-pointer in the final minute and the Mavericks stole a 112-105 decision for a commanding 3-1 series lead over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Nowitzki scored 12 of his game-high 40 points during a regulation-ending 17-2 flurry, stunning the home crowd and putting the Mavs on the brink of their |
| Thunder aim to even West finals against Mavs |
Mon May 23 10:48:46 2011 EST |
| (Sports Network) - The Oklahoma City Thunder face a virtual must-win situation tonight as they host the Dallas Mavericks in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals. The Mavs jumped out to a big lead in the pivotal Game 3 on Saturday and held off the slow-starting Thunder, 93-87, to tip things back in their favor. Dirk Nowitzki and Shawn Marion both posted 18 points and Jason Kidd chipped in 13 to go with eight assists, helping the Mavericks take a 2-1 series lead. Jason Terry totaled 13 points |
| Mavs start hot, hold off Thunder for 2-1 lead |
Sat May 21 23:54:16 2011 EST |
| Oklahoma City, OK (Sports Network) - The Dallas Mavericks jumped out to a big lead in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals and held off the slow-starting Oklahoma City Thunder, 93-87, to take back home-court advantage. Dirk Nowitzki and Shawn Marion both posted 18 points and Jason Kidd chipped in 13 points and eight assists, helping the Mavs take a 2-1 series lead. Dallas held Oklahoma City to 29 percent shooting in the first half and led by as many as 23. The Thunder mounted a late comeback |
| Thunder host Mavs in pivotal Game 3 of West finals |
Sat May 21 10:34:10 2011 EST |
| (Sports Network) - The Western Conference finals will resume tonight in Oklahoma City, as the Thunder host the Dallas Mavericks in the pivotal Game 3. Kevin Durant got plenty of help from the bench on Thursday when OKC topped the Mavs, 106-100, in Big D to even the series at a game apiece. Durant ended with 24 points and was backed by James Harden's 23, Eric Maynor's 13 and Nick Collison's defense on Dirk Nowitzki as Oklahoma City swiped homecourt advantage in the set. "I was just trying to pla |
| Durant, OKC bench even up series with Dallas |
Thu May 19 23:56:08 2011 EST |
| Dallas, TX (Sports Network) - Kevin Durant didn't need to carry Oklahoma City in Game 2, as the league's leading scorer got plenty of help from the Thunder bench to beat the Dallas Mavericks, 106-100, and even the Western Conference finals. Durant ended with 24 points and was backed by James Harden's 23, Eric Maynor's 13 and Nick Collison's defense on Dirk Nowitzki to send the series back to Oklahoma City tied, 1-1. Nowitzki, fresh off an incredible 48-point effort in Game 1, posted 29 points o |
| Nowitzki, Mavs aim for 2-0 series lead over Thunder |
Thu May 19 10:34:41 2011 EST |
| (Sports Network) - Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks will try to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference finals tonight when they host the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 2. Nowitzki had a game for the ages on Tuesday, outdueling Kevin Durant by scoring 48 points on just 15 shots to lead the Mavs over the Thunder, 121-112, in Game 1. Two days after an emotional Game 7 win over Memphis, the Thunder had no answer on defense for the 7-foot Nowitzki, who scored 27 of his points i |
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