In-Game Thoughts

Words cannot express how frustrated this Mavs fan is continuing to watch Dwyane Wade go to the free throw line when fouled on the floor.  It's also frustrating to see Rick Carlisle get Teed up arguing a LeBron James elbow to Dirk Nowitski's chest while Wade berated an official about a no-call and no one seemed to care.
I lived through enough of that officiating crap in 2006 when Dallas went through this in the NBA Finals and the Seattle Seahawks were violated in the Super Bowl.
Besides, Miami doesn't need the help when the Mavs are turning the ball over so much.

In-Game Thoughts

MIdway through the second quarter in flooded Memphis, the Grizzlies have almost doubled up the OKC Thunder, 35-18.  As for this Thunder fan, I want to change the channel.
It does give me time to consider how little credit the Dallas Mavericks have been getting in their sweep of the Lakers.  No, the disorganized, dysfunctional group that have worn purple and gold through the playoffs don't look anything like the teams have brought back hardware to the Left Coast.  But that's not to say that the Lakers lost all four games.
The Mavericks won those games.  And there is a difference.
So Media-types, of which I am somewhat, stop being apologists and give Carlisle and the boys in blue their due.  They won it and won it with defense, a facet of the game unheard of in past two decades in the Metroplex.
In fact, they look to be toward a rematch of the 2006 Finals.  There's a matchup Dirk Nowitski and Jason Terry would likely be very interested in.