Sunday, June 12, 2011

Can Dallas Win Game Six?

 As we all know, tonight is game six between the Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavericks in the 2011 NBA Finals. Dallas is currently leading the series 3-2, and a win tonight in Miami can make the Mavericks become NBA champions.
  The question is however, can Dallas win?
   The Heat are back at home, Dwayne Wade is said to be completely healthy from the hip injury he experienced in game five, and LeBron James is looking to finally play the game of his life in this series.
   This means that Dallas has to deal with many scenarios tonight that could lead to the team blowing the series. If the Mavs can play as well as it did Thursday in game five though, I do not see that happening.
    Dallas had a complete game from all of its starters. Not only did Dirk Nowitzki have an excellent game with 29 points, but JJ Barea contributed 17, Jason Terry had 21, and Jason Kidd actually decided to shoot the ball and scored 13 along with his usual six assists.
   With this type of all-around performance, the Mavs cannot lose, because the Heat's defensive focus will not always be glued on Nowitzki. If this does happen again tonight, which it easily could, expect Nowitzki to not only hold that NBA Finals MVP trophy but the NBA Finals Championship.
   For the Heat to win, James finally has to play strong in the fourth quarter. Although he did have a triple double in game five, the fact that he only had two points in the fourth made his overall performance look terrible. If James is as good as we all think he is, he needs to start showing it when it matters most.
   If Wade is fully recovered from the hip problem from game five, that would obviously help the Heat. I mean any Heat fan would rather have Wade on the court than in the locker room twice in a game right? Wade and James both need to have MVP like games tonight for the Heat to win; and another half court buzzer beater from my former Kansas Jayhawk Mario Chalmers would be nice too.
   This is a do or die game for Miami. If the team does lose tonight, the whole season would be a failure. As long as James, Bosh, and Wade realize this, they better do something about it tonight for it not to happen.

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