Wade does it again in game 6!

I liked Spurs more than any other team but they were sent home by Mavs. Mavs coach, Avery Johnson, brings lot of energy on and off the field. It could be post game conference, an interview to local channel or national TV, he is such a great coach that I started to believe that he just needed a team of 5 to go past any team in the league. Another interesting aspect of Mavs is their owner, Mark Cuban. I added his blog, www.blogmaverick.com sometime last year. You have somebody who is a techie, enterpreneur, and passionate about the team and sport as the owner. He co-founded broadcast.com and Micro solutions and sold both to Yahoo and CompuServe respectively before purchasing Mavericks in 2000. He also invested in sports broadcasting through his venture HDTV. I checked the Mavericks history and was amazed at the transformation that these guys had after he purchased this team. I am also impressed the way Dirk Nowitzki has been playing and leading from front. I did not even care during the last season about this team or any of the players in this team. Jason Terry made a great difference in some of the games with his 3 pointers at a time when they needed that stuff. All that was not enough to go past Wade in the lat 4 games.


Disappointed Mark on his way out

I am feeling so sorry for Mavs. What would be Miami HEAT without Dwyane and their coach, Pat Riley? Shaq did his best too but Dwyane is the man. It is just him in that team who can entertain. Dwyane got so many free throws in both game 5 and 6. I think that definitely made the difference. Both game 5 and 6 were decided in the final 10 Seconds. Games like 5 and 6 would keep anybody at the edge of the seat whether or not they follow NBA. Mavs did not have the luck that they needed to win this championship. Dirk missed few shots at crucial stages and Jason had too many hits that hesitated to find its way into the basket. Whatever said and done, Mavs was definitely a better team than Heat. Wade took the championship title away from my boys. As Avery rightly pointed out, when a player is playing at that level, you have no tricks to stop him.
Avery has so much passion for winning and with Mark owning the team, he can only get better. I am sure they would be a team to reckon with in the next season. I wish Mavs a great post season. I wish them good luck for the next season.