NBA Finals Game 6

June 21, 2006

The Heat won the NBA championship in another close game as Dallas made another big mistake down the stretch. Dirk passed to Dampier on a pick and roll and he did not catch the pass. Dallas still got a chance at the end but Terry missed the shoot. Almost every Mav played poorly except Dirk and he wasn’t that agressive in the second half. The person that impressed me the most was Marques Daniels, splitting the double and going to the hole and avoiding getting his shot block. Throughout the series only a few players, like Harris and Stack, went to the hole agressively but they was never able to finsh. I recall 3 or 4 missed dunks by Stack in the series and around 3 or4 missed layups in one game for Harris.

If you look at the series the calls for Wade in the last two games have beed trash. In Game 6 Wade jumped in the air and came down and fell, Howard was by him but did not touch him and they called a foul. Even though the refs sucked the mavs made mistakes down the stretch in game 3, 5, and 6.

Regarding the refs and article I read recently mention something about having younger referees, which is something I never though about. Why do sports have 50 and 60 year old referees that probably can’t see?

Now on to the Heat, they were able to close out the last few games better than Dallas, although I was surprised that Wade missed both free throws. To get back next year the heat have to get younger. They got lucky with that rosterÂ this season if you ask me.Â The thing about Shaq and Wade is that people want to play with them so they should be able to make trades or sign some free agents. I am sure the Mavs will try to add some post offense. They rarely posted anyone up in the series, having a player that can do something down low and catch the ball will help.