The truth is that everyone underrated the Mavs for the whole season. They are actually should be a 60-win team if Dirk wasn't injured in the middle of the season. The Mavericks offences is all about Dirk, but their zone defense and rim protection are also top tier. Tyson Chandler is the perfect rim protector, Dirk is 7-foot. Shawn Marion, Deshawn Stevenson, Jason Kidd, although old, are all experienced and serviceable perimeter defender. That's why the Mavericks had all it takes to shut down at least one of Lebron or Wade. Lebron James doesn't look like his normal self because he got exposed. He doesn't have a consistent post game or 3-point shots in 2011. There has been many times where star players look invincible for a long time, until their weakness get exposed by the right coach with the right team. He is like Giannis this year when he played terrible against the Toronto. He couldn't get to the line, he couldn't shoot, and he wasn't skill enough, so he lost to Toronto. One prime example is their opponent Dirk Nowitzki, who got beaten by an 8th seed led by Don Nelson, at that time Dirk still have problem when being guarded by small guards. So they got beaten by a team led by Steven Jackson and Baron Davis. It's even more shocking as the Heats losing to the Mavs, but it took place earlier in the playoffs.
LeBron was scarred to post up jj barea ...guard Dirk Stevenson terry kidd barea and he went into a little corner hole..I mean ian mahinmi corey brewer Brian cardinal deshawn stevenson Brendan haywood and a guy named jj Chandler kidd Marion terry past their peak and a older Dirk beat the big 3 ..wtf?... ...weird nba season ...most unpredictable nba champion maybe ever going back to the 78 bullets 77 blazers 75 warriors
It’s cool to be able to relive a piece of this time in history with this audio
I am a Cavs fan .... I listened to this a 100 times that summer.... this made me such a fan of Dan
Still one of the most stunning things I have ever seen. The best player in the NBA shrinking in the NBA finals.
The truth is that everyone underrated the Mavs for the whole season. They are actually should be a 60-win team if Dirk wasn't injured in the middle of the season. The Mavericks offences is all about Dirk, but their zone defense and rim protection are also top tier. Tyson Chandler is the perfect rim protector, Dirk is 7-foot. Shawn Marion, Deshawn Stevenson, Jason Kidd, although old, are all experienced and serviceable perimeter defender. That's why the Mavericks had all it takes to shut down at least one of Lebron or Wade.
Lebron James doesn't look like his normal self because he got exposed. He doesn't have a consistent post game or 3-point shots in 2011. There has been many times where star players look invincible for a long time, until their weakness get exposed by the right coach with the right team. He is like Giannis this year when he played terrible against the Toronto. He couldn't get to the line, he couldn't shoot, and he wasn't skill enough, so he lost to Toronto.
One prime example is their opponent Dirk Nowitzki, who got beaten by an 8th seed led by Don Nelson, at that time Dirk still have problem when being guarded by small guards. So they got beaten by a team led by Steven Jackson and Baron Davis. It's even more shocking as the Heats losing to the Mavs, but it took place earlier in the playoffs.
LeBron was scarred to post up jj barea ...guard Dirk Stevenson terry kidd barea and he went into a little corner hole..I mean ian mahinmi corey brewer Brian cardinal deshawn stevenson Brendan haywood and a guy named jj Chandler kidd Marion terry past their peak and a older Dirk beat the big 3 ..wtf?... ...weird nba season ...most unpredictable nba champion maybe ever going back to the 78 bullets 77 blazers 75 warriors
don't forget Peja!