NBA FINALS 2011

Another finals appearance for the Miami Heat. Looking forward to cheer on them again. My little POV about the finals... can be anybody's ball game. I doubt experience (mavs are heavily favored for experience) will be a factor since Miami's big three are already veterans in the league and are members of the USA dream team, and they already shown how well they play as a team during the playoffs.



HEAT'S ADVANTAGE
Without a question...the BIG THREE of course, you try to stop LBJ wade gets in the scoring party, you try to stop Wade then comes Chris Bosh. Plus the support of other players who showed big games in the playoffs.



MAVS ADVANTAGE
Blending well as a team. Dirk who can score inside and out and their shooters of course. They showed how tough they are against the lakers. The sweep really played a big factor and made a big impact on the MAVS.

As I mentioned it can be anybody's ball game. If both teams play well like they do in the playoffs this will make it a close and definitely interesting battle. I highly doubt this will end in game 4 or 5, cause that will be an upset, a much bigger upset for a lot if mavs wins in 4 or 5 games.

I'm just wondering if destiny will play a big role in this finals. Cause I've seen a lot of championship games and a lot of times no matter how good a player or a team is, they can still lose if they are not destined to win it.

One last thing, the way I see it, it's like a lose-lose situation for miami for critics opinion cause if they win people will say stuffs like "naturally, you have the big three", if they lose then they will say stuffs like "even with the big three you still lost". Well not being one sided on this one but maybe they should understand what basketball really is and how the game is being played. Anyway, I think one thing for the heat (especially for LBJ) is that it doesn't matter cause all he wants is a championship which a lot of NBA greats weren't able to achieve. That's all for now. GO HEAT!

YES. WE. DID.

Hearing this news really got me excited for the upcoming season. Lebron James alone is more than enough for me but adding Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade going back to Miami I went WHOA! I just hope they can blend as a team well. So far the only sad thing for me is hearing a lot of criticism against Lebron James for making this decision. I can understand the Cleveland Cavaliers fans but other NBA legends? As far as legacy is concern LBJ has already made a lot like winning MVP honors, becoming a top endorser, a basketball icon, an olympic gold medal and besides he wouldn't be in this position if he wasn't a big star. My take not just because I'm a heat fan, all he wants is a championship ring. Not all great players have experienced that in the NBA, talking about legends like Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley, Reggie Miller.



I think he doesn't want to gamble anymore like taking chances on being the only star player in one team and end up retiring not winning a championship. Today's level of game is a lot different from the past. So I hope the legends can understand his decision and again it's no longer about the legacy as an individual player but the chance to win a championship.



On a side note:
I've been Miami Heat fan ever since Alonzo Mourning joined them (traded from Charlotte Hornets Glenn Rice). It was years of bitterness and anger for me. I really hated the NY Knicks back then haha. The 2006 NBA Finals was really a classic for, despite being the first finals for Miami Heat it was also their first ever conference and first ever NBA Championship. Only big regret for me was not being able to watch it love on TV cause we had to attend a meeting (which unfortunately was a nonsense meeting ><). Sadly Alonzo Mourning already retired but his last finals game was an epic, disregard the other stats the 5 blocks alone are more than enough for me.