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The 2011 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2010–11 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. A rematch of the 2006 Finals , the series was contested between the Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks and the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat .
Game 6: With the win, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat in six games to win the championship. The Dallas Mavericks also became the first team in NBA History to win the NBA Finals despite trailing 1–0 and 2–1 in the same finals series. Dirk Nowitzki, despite shooting 1 for 12 in the first half of the game, was Finals MVP.
The Mavericks would go on to defeat the Heat in six games in the NBA Finals, winning their first NBA championship in franchise history. [1] This would be their last playoff series win until 2022 . The Mavericks' championship was the first major sports championship in the Dallas-Fort Worth area since the Dallas Stars in 1999, and the first title ...
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The Heat picked up their 13th win this postseason Sunday night with a 111-108 win over the Denver Nuggets. That win at Ball Arena tied the Finals 1-1 ahead of Game 3 in Miami on Wednesday night.
LeBron James reflected on the 2011 Finals loss in Miami, which he said felt like "the world had caved in," on HBO's "The Shop" on Friday.
The 2011 NBA Playoffs began on April 16, with the Conference Finals concluding on May 26. The NBA Finals began on May 31 due to both Conference Finals ending in five games. ESPN began their playoff broadcast on April 16, and continued every Friday and Saturday thereafter, with the Sunday–Thursday schedule reserved for TNT (some Saturday first ...
During the 2011 NBA Finals, Heat stars Dwyane Wade and LeBron James had mock coughs making light of Dirk Nowitzki's illness.