How many Dallas Fans are sad about the finals?

Question

Dallas showed lots of potential
What happened?????

Answer 1

The Mavericks are the most improved team in the league. Three years ago, NO one suggested they would ever make it to the finals because their defense was soft. This loss will toughen them up. 'Cause they were only decisively beaten once in the six games played. 2007 a Crushing is coming. YeaH Mavs!

Answer 2

I am sick and tired of poor loosing fans whining about poor officiating. Basketball is the hardest game to officiate of all of our major sports and while there was close calls they went both ways.
Dallas obviously had the best talent on the floor, but unfortunately they didn't have the experience and certainly nowhere near the Heart that Miami had.
Dirk looked like a schoolboy compared with D Wade.You want to know why Miami got more calls simple Wade wasn't going to allow Miami to loose after the second game and drove the lane with fearless abandon, while Dirk whose is a great talent wimped up and shot pull up jumpers where you are never going to get a foul call, and Avery went with the tried a proved a failing tactic of hack a Shaq.
Simple as that.

Answer 3

Sorry Miami enjoy your championship...just a few quotes from around the country.............Note: I'm not saying I agree with these perspectives ... but here's a very fair sampling of the e-mails that drifted into my mailbox on Sunday night and Monday morning.


I do solemnly swear, this 19th day of June, 2006 that I will never watch an NBA game again. Everyone is supposed to say what a great game that was with a straight face? At least the WWE has the grace to give you a wink. If watching a man in a flak jacket and thigh pads repeatedly throw himself into defenders to draw foul calls is what passes for "competition," or better yet watching said man hit layups because no one can breathe on him, I believe I can live without [it]. Why would anyone follow a "sport" that employs Dick Bavetta and Stu Jackson? All that was missing was David Stern running onto the court with a steel chair, ABC execs in tow. Bill Simmons, I name thee prophet. It went down exactly as you said it would.
-- James, Richmond, Virginia



Twenty-five free-throw attempts is nonsense, not even MJ would have gotten some of those foul calls. And I'm not just saying this because I'm a bitter Pistons fan. Sixty-year-old officials should not be officiating 20-something-year-old professional athletes.
-- Paul, Detroit, Mich.



Have you ever, I mean EVER, seen a guy get more calls than Wade in Game 5? As staggering as it is to even think it, much less say it out loud, this surpasses the level of calls Jordan used to get in the playoffs. Simply AMAZING. I am a die-hard NBA fan, and I understand and accept the whole "stars get calls" factor, but this is an insane new level. Every time Wade falls down (even if not touched) he gets a call. You called it in your preview, the refs were gonna give some games to Miami, and they did.
-- Jonathan, Raleigh, N.C.



Please admit to everyone that the treatment Dwyane Wade is receiving is absolutely absurd. The final play in Game 5 summed it up: He commits a backcourt violation, pushes off on Terry, then goes wildly to the bucket and gets bailed out on a phantom foul call. Is what the NBA has to do to create its star of the future?
-- Mark, Chicago



I watch very little NBA basketball; however, as the playoffs have been playing out, I have found myself watching more and more games, becoming more interested. Then comes the Finals and I feel like I am watching pro wrestling, except I can fool myself into thinking those matches aren't fixed. At least it makes the NBA the easiest sport to gamble on.
-- Jeremy Louden, Cincinnati



I want to say something about Dwayne Wade, but I fear I may get called for a foul.
-- Warren, Ludington, Mich.



Unfortunately you were right that the NBA finals could come down to the officials. David Stern would rather choke to death on his own vomit than hand Mark Cuban the trophy. It's clear he instructed the refs to take an active interest in the outcomes of the games. Every time Wade drives the lane the refs call a foul on whoever is closest.
-- Jeff, Baltimore



After witnessing the Game 5 debacle, I am absolutely convinced that Stern is trying to fix the Finals for D-Wade and the Heat. Stackhouse's suspension, Dirk's phantom foul in OT, and then Joey Crawford's inexplicable call for a Mavs timeout -- it all adds up too perfectly. This could be a conspiracy as far-reaching as Watergate. I can already imagine the inevitable ESPN movie, "All The Commissioner's Men," where a stubborn, upstart young sports columnist brings down Stern and the entire NBA hierarchy. So, Simmons, the only question is: Will you be our Bob Woodward?
-- Robert P., Topeka, Kan.



All the comparisons between Wade and Jordan need to stop right now. There's no way Jordan would have gotten that call in the final seconds of Game 5.
-- Chris Richardson, Charleston

Answer 4

What happened?

Dwayne Wade happened, plus a combination of mental breakdowns, failure to close games and a good deal of one-sided officiating favoring the Heat.

Answer 5

i agree that the calls where bias and in favor of miami...
the NBA is getting too business oriented nowadays...
they wanted miami to win because of a upcoming star that can be marketed and hyped by stupid fans...
i thought theyll do the same if lebron was in the finals..
they just want the "good guys" to represent the league by marketing them as 'winners'...

Answer 6

OH BOO HOO. BE THANKFUL YOU MADE IT THAT FAR. WAIT TIL NEXT SEASON WHEN THEY CHANGE THE WAY THE TEAMS WILL BE SEATED FOR THE PLAYOFFS...THEY WON'T HAVE SUCH AND EASY FIRST ROUND AND WILL PROBABLY GET KNOCKED OUT EARLY (IF THEY EVEN MAKE IT)

Answer 7

everyone of them