2011 NBA Finals: Mavs vs. Heat

[Timone]

We are all Dirkoffs.

[Timone]

Helluva shot.

[Glenn]

The Heat are stupid in the head.

[Timone]

Ouch.

[Joe Asberry]

Prince on this Mavs team could have been the difference, kinda sad Dirk has just not enough help, all mavs roleplayers sucked hard til now, Miami is playing some pretty good defense

[Joe Asberry]

who knew Rick Carlisle could become a championchip coach one day? he is doing a great job with fairly limited talent for a contender, he has just one superstar + a bunch of good role players

i always blamed Carlisle for the lack of adjustments either in game or his inability to fix anything matchup wise in a series, but his adjustments in the finals work very well, that zone defense against Miami in the last 7 min of the game last night was just sensational

[Glenn]

I've been thinking the same and tweeted about it last week, too (follow @WTFDetroit for more premium content). I used to despise almost everything about the guy, but he's so much better now than he was back then, it's wild. The only thing I don't get right now is the unwillingness to give a very good (maybe even great) defender like Corey Brewer a sniff of PT.

Prick has really improved with the media, too, maybe joining them helped. His interactions are refreshingly open and he doesn't speak in cliche/hyperbole as much as most. Calling Dirk "one of the 10 best to ever have played the game" was a boner, but nobody's perfect.

[Glenn]

Alex Kennedy: Stephen A. Smith, on his radio show, said that LeBron James struggled in Game 4 due to some personal issues. He didn't go into any details. Twitter

[Glenn]

Based on a review of ABC's broadcasts of the first three games of these Finals, The Wall Street Journal logged every moment when two teammates could be seen touching each other on camera, whether it was a high-five, a hug, a chest pat or a butt slap. The results couldn't be more definitive. The Mavericks, with 250 slaps, hugs, taps or bumps, are almost twice as touchy-feely as the Heat, who had only 134 instances of televised contact. In those three games, the Mavericks were 82% more likely to high five. The concept of "chemistry" on a sports team has become the stuff of cliché over the years. Nobody seems to have the same definition for what it is, or what produces it. But last fall, three researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, took a serious look at one of the most obvious signs of camaraderie on a team—touching. Wall Street Journal

[Uncle Mxy]

Alex Kennedy: Stephen A. Smith, on his radio show, said that LeBron James struggled in Game 4 due to some personal issues. He didn't go into any details. Twitter

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