Why last night proved once again, the 06 Finals was a fix

[Pelicans78]

Oh yeah, the Spurs that season weren't anything special. They were getting pushed around by Sacramento in the first round and were lucky to win Game 2 and survive that series. Seriously, Dallas should have eliminated them sooner then they did.

[Findog]

The call at the end of Game 5 that put Wade on the line for the two winning free throws was terrible, but if you let a game come down to one play, you open yourself up to the refs blowing a call. Mavs still had two chances to win at home and they couldn't do it. It is too bad that Wade averaged 17 FT attempts per game after averaging 7 a game in the regular season, so I agree that the series win was tainted, but you ultimately have to give credit to Miami for winning the series. I don't think it's good for the Mavs or their fans to adopt a sore loser mentality.

[MavDynasty]

mavs should have showed up to game 4 too...

[Hemotivo]

I am re-watching Game 3 of the 2006 NBA Finals...

and DIRK MISSES his second free-throw with the game on the line..

score is 96-97, Heat up by 1, with 3 seconds left to go in the game,

and dirk CHOKES!

yeah, blame the refs all you want

there was a couple of phantom fouls tough

[JoeTait75]

Do you think Dallas would have beaten Detroit? I would say yes because Detroit seemed to peak in the regular season. But still, they're starting 5 were a special unit.

They had a "special" coach too, in the short-bus, Special Olympics meaning of the word. I'd have taken Dallas or San Antonio over the Pistons for the Flip Saunders factor alone.

[Pelicans78]

I don't blame Flip like most people did. Honestly, the guys didn't believe in his offense so they wouldn't run the plays when it counted. That happened countless times in the playoffs during the Flip era. Flip's a good coach and very talented offensively. The players just didn't do what they were supposed to.

[MiamiHeat]

The call at the end of Game 5 that put Wade on the line for the two winning free throws was terrible, but if you let a game come down to one play, you open yourself up to the refs blowing a call. Mavs still had two chances to win at home and they couldn't do it. It is too bad that Wade averaged 17 FT attempts per game after averaging 7 a game in the regular season, so I agree that the series win was tainted, but you ultimately have to give credit to Miami for winning the series. I don't think it's good for the Mavs or their fans to adopt a sore loser mentality.

Wade averaged 10. something FTs a game in the reg season, not 7

[Ghazi]

The call at the end of Game 5 that put Wade on the line for the two winning free throws was terrible, but if you let a game come down to one play, you open yourself up to the refs blowing a call. Mavs still had two chances to win at home and they couldn't do it. It is too bad that Wade averaged 17 FT attempts per game after averaging 7 a game in the regular season, so I agree that the series win was tainted, but you ultimately have to give credit to Miami for winning the series. I don't think it's good for the Mavs or their fans to adopt a sore loser mentality.

not really, they didnt even play championship caliber ball in the Finals.

Just ty basketball, Mavs played slightly less tier, and the difference was the refs.

[Rogue]

Wade averaged 10. something FTs a game in the reg season, not 7

Then I'd assume the Cheat couldn't even attend the playoffs that season without D-Whistle swindling those easy points scored at the line.

[Halberto]

If you guys remember the series you'd remember that the Heat had unbelievable defense in the paint when they started their run. Alonzo Mourning had vicious blocks left and right, Haslem defended Dirk better than anyone I've ever seen, and were forcing the Mavs into jumpshots. They couldn't make a 3 at all during the last 4 games. Credit the Heat's defense, blame the Mavs' cold shooting, or consider both... either way it was a catalyst that killed them.

[DAF86]

Oh yeah, the Spurs that season weren't anything special. They were getting pushed around by Sacramento in the first round and were lucky to win Game 2 and survive that series. Seriously, Dallas should have eliminated them sooner then they did.

I guess that teams that win 63 games in one season aren't anything special.

[Pelicans78]

I guess that teams that win 63 games in one season aren't anything special.

63 wins is a big accomplishment. Just debating with Ghazi when he said Dallas and the Spurs were clearly the best team. Basically just trying to prove that Detroit and Miami were just as good.

[monosylab1k]

Mavs had every chance to go up 3-0 and they blew it. You can about the phantom fouls in Game 5 all you want, but Dallas should have been up 3-0 and everybody knows that when Shaq is down 3-0 in a series he quits and his team quits with him.

I don't give a what happened in Games 5 and 6 because Dallas had their shot to win Game 3 and flat out choked.

If David Stern was fixing the series, why would he let Dallas essentially win the first three games with no "fixing" going on? Stern had nothing to do with Dallas choking away Game 3.

[Rogue]

Mavs had every chance to go up 3-0 and they blew it. You can about the phantom fouls in Game 5 all you want, but Dallas should have been up 3-0 and everybody knows that when Shaq is down 3-0 in a series he quits and his team quits with him.

I don't give a what happened in Games 5 and 6 because Dallas had their shot to win Game 3 and flat out choked.

If David Stern was fixing the series, why would he let Dallas essentially win the first three games with no "fixing" going on? Stern had nothing to do with Dallas choking away Game 3.

Just because they choked away game 3 it doesn't necessarily mean the final defeat was well deserved for the boys in blue. Dallas could have been 3-0 hence wrapped up the championship by then, but there is nothing guaranteed in any sport. It was only a historical regret for Mavs to blow away their championship that they could have achieved without respite, which however has nothing to do with sentimentality or mental fragility.

Instead the boys in blue had a great season and made the NBA finals for the first time in franchise history. What they deserved was encouragements and compliments in accordance to their efforts, as well as our allowance for the final defeat. It's not the boys in blue that were being pathetic to lose the series IMHO. as a real fan you have to accept the defeat of your team peacefully as how you shared their joy after their success in western conference finals.

[sabar]

Wade got a TON of calls, but the Mavs just choked. They almost choked away a 3-1 series lead against the Spurs not long before choking to Wade and Co. Thankfully, Manu had the Mavs' backs.