Fewest points in a quarter of an NBA Finals game:

[ducks]

Fewest points in a quarter of an NBA Finals game:
7 -- Dallas at Miami, June 15, 2006
9 -- Utah at Chicago, June 7, 1998
9 -- New Jersey vs. San Antonio, June 8, 2003
10 -- New York at San Antonio, June 16, 1999
11 -- New Jersey vs. San Antonio, June 11, 2003
11 -- Utah at Chicago, June 4, 1997
11 -- Chicago at Seattle, June 12, 1996
11 -- New York at L.A. Lakers, April 30, 1972
12 -- Miami at Dallas, June 8, 2006
12 -- Utah vs. Chicago, June 3, 1998
12 -- Chicago at Phoenix, June 20, 1993
12 -- Boston at L.A. Lakers, June 14, 1987
12 -- Boston vs. Milwaukee, May 5, 1974
12 -- Boston at St. Louis, April 7, 1960

[LEONARD]

Crazy stat...especially if the Mavs still win the title...

[leemajors]

damn the jazz are in there vs the bulls 3 times.

[bulletedge]

The only word for it is pathetic.

[MadDog73]

So: Is this a matter of Mavs sucking, or is Heat defense better than Spurs?

[dirk4mvp]

^Ha, even I'll go with choice A.

[bulletedge]

I'll give some credit to the Heat defense but Dirk (and, last night, the rest of the Mavs save for Terry) was missing wide open 12-15 footers- badly missing them. When you are wide open, the defense has nothing to do with it.

Dirk is in a horrible shooting slump and has been for the last five games.

[LEONARD]

So: Is this a matter of Mavs sucking, or is Heat defense better than Spurs?

Horrible shooting night...missed tons of open shots...

[FromWayDowntown]

damn the jazz are in there vs the bulls 3 times.

And, remarkably, only one of those entries is from Utah's infamous 54 point effort in Game 3 of the 1998 Finals.

[nbascribe]

There are other players on that team besides Dirk. Josh Howard had three points. Taht sucked big time.

I'm giving the credit to the Heat's defense. They forced Dallas back to it's old self.

[CharlieMac]

So.......Dirk has set a new record for the number of free throws attempted in a single postseason? Interesting stat.

[dirk4mvp]

So.......Dirk has set a new record for the number of free throws attempted in a single postseason? Interesting stat.
Shows how much his overall game has improved.

[REDLION#22]

just give credit to the heat D!!!!!!!(something nobody seems to do...)

[Trainwreck2100]

No D can hold a team to 7 points 15 maybe, but while their D may have been better than usual. It's not just the D that caused it.

[Leetonidas]

So: Is this a matter of Mavs sucking, or is Heat defense better than Spurs?

Combination thing IMO. The Mav's shots totally sucked ass because of the Heat defense, but even the wide open shots they got wouldn't fall. They stunk it up big time.

[MissAllThat]

I'm kind of hoping this stat never gets broken because 6 points or less by a team would probably make for a very boring quarter.

[Darrin]

Yawn. I remember how the Pistons held the Spurs to 14 points in the 4th quarter of Game 4 last season - the best quarter of a 102-71 blowout where Lindsey Hunter led the Pistons in double figures.

That had a huge effect on the Pistons and Spurs.

[Trainwreck2100]

they redeemed themselves though

[Darrin]

they redeemed themselves though

Exactly my point.

[Trainwreck2100]

That lindsay hinter thing was the biggest bullshit in NBA history, old fucker couldn't miss,