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Associated Press
Posted: 3 days ago
DALLAS (AP) - Brooding Dallas Mavericks fans looked for reasons why their team failed to win its first NBA le after taking a 2-0 lead over the Miami Heat.
The Heat's 95-92 victory Tuesday night gave Miami its NBA first championship, a 4-2 win they celebrated on the Mavericks' court.
"I paid $1,200 for these tickets, and we did not win," said Ashleigh Adams of Arlington, among dejected fans who streamed out of the American Airlines Center and made plans to drown their sorrows.
"We got the coach. We got the team. We wanted it all this year, though," said Korby Keene. "The Heat aren't that good. The refs gave them the game."
Three people, all Mavericks fans, were arrested on misdemeanor assault charges, and one was treated at the scene after a fight in the arena parking lot. Police said tension from the game contributed to the incident.
Fan criticism of the referees followed the example provided by the Dallas owner.
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was fined $250,000 on Tuesday for his outbursts following Game 5 of the NBA finals, and commissioner David Stern said he was becoming weary of off-court antics drawing attention from the series.
Cuban was cited for "several acts of misconduct" committed after Dallas lost 101-100 in overtime to the Heat in Miami on Sunday night. The infractions included Cuban going onto the floor to complain directly to official Joe DeRosa, screaming toward Stern and a group of league officials.
Stern was booed loudly by the fans that remained in the stands during the postgame trophy presentation on Tuesday night.
"If we believe that the last great conspiracy theory in Dallas was JFK's death, the second greatest conspiracy theory was that David Stern wanted the Miami Heat to win the championship," said fan George Graffy, 41.
"I'm bummed, I'm going to go drink heavily. It will not be a good night," said James Jones, 50, who sported a suit, tie and a blue mohawk for the game.
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Looks like everyone's getting in on the act. This is the 4th story I have saved about the classless mavs. Here is a link to the source http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/5715912
Last edited by Mike Jones; 06-24-2006 at 03:28 AM.
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I was at game 7 of the Spurs series...
It wasn't exactly all hunky dory cool in the parking lot afterwards. Nothing big but more than a few words were being exchanged between people with Mavs jerseys on and Spurs fans.
EXACTLY...
I made that same point in a thread in the NBA forum where this article was posted...
It happens everywhere and anybody doesn't believe that is absolutely clueless.
Why would anyone be surprised that anything would escalate with Mavericks fans around? They can't even win with class.
lol i played final fantasy too.
i played my wet wet dreams too!
And the Spurs are such a great example of losing graciously? Look in the mirror before you call us classless.
He may be a drunk, but Holt has never yelled obsceneties at the ref and accused David Stern of rigging the league.
Ok, I did.
You're classless.
The Mavs fans are classless.
exactly!
The Mavs fans is so crazy.Lol
mavs fans is so crazy. lol!
It's true.They are crybabies.
i cant tell if this is troll on troll action or what
Who?i cant tell if this is troll on troll action or what
The world is a better place now that the Mavs have lost (again). Unfortunately, I didn't see a second of the game. Instead, I drank. It was fun. I found out Miami won, and then ran around screaming Wooo Heat 06 Champs everytime I heard someone say they were a Mavs fan.
Exactly!
^ lol, that's ed up. Good job.
exactly!
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