Mavs Win NBA Title! Dirk MVP! Heat no Longer Feared

As the last seconds were winding down in game 6 of the NBA finals, and as the Heat started to give up on the game with about a minute left, Dirk Nowitzki realized what the he had just accomplished – Finally winning the NBA title! For Dirk who is an ultimate team player, winning the title was all that mattered, the fact that he won the Final’s MVP was just an added bonus. For the Mavs this was an accomplishment that they had been waiting on for a long time. From “no-D Dallas” to the run and gun softies to now being tough, defensive minded and best of all real Champions. A great accomplishment for the organization and a great honor for NBA fans to have a team with so much class hold the NBA Championship.

What this championship run by Dallas showed us is that titles aren’t won by individuals, but by a committee of players willing to do whatever it takes to make it work. Beating teams with superstars after superstars, and finally beating the Heat who had stacked up three of the NBA elites, proves that the timeless art of team work defeats all individual efforts.

For the Heat, well it does not get any easier. Now that the Mavs beat them, all the teams will be looking to do the same next year. Teams will no longer be intimidated by the big three and others such as the Bulls, and the Magic will just keep getting better in the East. The road for Lebron to win a championship just got harder.

Here is a quick recap of the game:

·        Mavs were up big early, but the Heat made several big runs to take the lead before the half.

·        Mavs fought back in the second to take several big leads but the Heat fought their way back each time.

·        Mavs finally made a big run in the fourth to seal the deal

·        Nowitzki struggled throughout the first three quarters but came up big in the fourth hitting key shots

·        Lebron, Wade and Bosh all struggle in the fourth, closing out their sub-par performances for the game

·        Jason Terry and Jose Barrea were magnificent throughout the whole game including  the fourth quarter where they both hit several key shots

The NBA Title for 2011 belongs to the Mavs!

Read this great article on yahoo about Dirk and the Mavs:
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AjoajsWh_5d6mMXYCy3JUJxShgM6?slug=aw-wojnarowski_nowitzki_mavericks_win_nba_finals_061311