Mavs Win First NBA Ttitle!

NBA Champions




Dirk Nowitzki wins his first NBA Championshp last night and it couldn't have been sweeter. He and his fellow Dallas Mavs knocked off the Miami Heat on their home floor with the LeBron James watching.   He'll have an agonizing wait continues for at least one more year.

A season that began with Miami celebrating the signings of James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. Along with those signing they  promised a championship but no one realized that it would be the Dallas Mavericks hoisting the title trophy in Miami instead of the Heat. The Mavs win their first title  franchise history after beating the Heat 105-95 on Sunday night. The Dallas Boys won four of the last five games to claim the trophy.

"I really still can't believe it," said Nowitzki, who had 21 points and took home Finals MVP honors.

He and Jason Terry, who led the Mavs with 27 points, were the two remaining players from the Dallas team that lost to Miami in the 2006 Finals. "Tonight," Terry said, "we got vindication."

Well, LeBron James did what LeBron does in big games and he'll have to wait another year to get on the bike and start from the bottom.  He scored 21 points but it wasn't enough to keep Dallas fro going home with the hardware. Bosh had 19, Mario Chalmers 18 and Wade 17 for the Heat.

Congratulations to the Dallas Mavs for showing up big not only in the Finals but during the entire playoff run this year. I knew they had something special after they ran through the Lakers in four games. Nobody saw that coming.  Sometimes teams are destined to be champions and this year was it for "Big D". Who would have thought it at the beginning of the season or even the playoffs that they would be the champs whe it was all said and done? They got rid of Kobe's Lakers like lunch meat and it was on. Again Congrats to the Mavs and their loyal fans!

Holla At Ya Boy!

Jay Graves
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Information from the Associated Press was used in this article.