Miami edges Dallas, 88-86. Miami leads the series 2-1.
The Heat led most of the game but the Mavericks fought back from 14 points down. But LeBron James found Chris Bosh for a 20 foot baseline jumper with 39.6 seconds left in the 4th quarter as the Heat won 88–86. Bosh's shot made it the final score. Dirk Nowitzki had a chance to force it into overtime but he narrowly missed a well defended fadeaway jumper at the buzzer as the Heat handed the Mavericks another defeat to go up 2–1 in the series. It was Miami's 6th win in its last 7 NBA finals games, with 4 of them by 3 points or less.
By Dave Ivey, for NBA.com
THE FACTS: Dwyane Wade and the Heat survived a fourth-quarter push by Dirk Nowitzki, edging the Mavericks 88-86 in Game 3 on Sunday in Dallas to take a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals. Wade scored 29 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, but Miami needed a clutch bucket from Chris Bosh and a late defensive stop by Udonis Haslem to offset Nowitzki's 34-point, 11-rebound night.
Bosh finished with 18 points and LeBron James added 17 points and nine assists. Jason Terry scored 15 off the Dallas bench. The Mavericks got 11 rebounds from Tyson Chandler and 10 assists, nine points and six boards from Jason Kidd.
History is not on the Mavericks' side. Since the NBA went to the 2-3-2 format in the Finals in 1985, 11 series were tied 1-1 entering Game 3. All 11 times, the team that seized the 2-1 lead went on to win the championship.
QUOTABLE: "That's a makeable shot, but 'UD' did a great job of keeping his chest in front of him and forcing him into a fadeaway. Nowitzki is a tough player. That shot hung up in the air about as long as it was in between Game 2 and Game 3."
--Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra on Haslem's defense against Nowitzki in the final seconds.
THE STAT: The Heat said they were going to be in "attack mode" in Game 3 and followed through on that promise. They scored 19 points off 14 Dallas turnovers and outscored the Mavericks by a 40-22 margin in the paint. Miami had at least eight dunks.
TURNING POINT: Bosh's 16-foot baseline jumper with 39.6 seconds left was the game winner and took all of the sting out of another poor shooting performance. After missing 18 of his last 22 shots in Miami, he was just 6-for-17 in Game 3 before connecting when it mattered most.
QUOTABLE II: "We were digging out of holes all night. ... It's very difficult playing from behind all the time."
--Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle, whose team made an 11-2 run to end the first half and a 17-3 run in the third quarter.
HOT: Nowitzki scored 15 in the fourth quarter, including the Mavericks' last 12 points. He did just about everything except finish the job, turning it over with 30.2 seconds left on a wild pass and missing the potential tying shot with 0.3 ticks remaining. ... Mario Chalmers was 4-for-6 from 3-point range and led Miami with 12 points off the bench.
NOT: There were lids on both baskets in a sloppy second quarter. Miami shot 27.8 percent (5-for-18) and Dallas wasn't much better at 30 percent (6-for-20). Considering Wade was 4-for-5 in the period, everyone else shot a combined 21.2 percent (7-for-33).
INSIDE THE ARENA: Troy Aikman, Terrell Owens, Pat Riley, Scottie Pippen and late-night host George Lopez were among the celebrities in the crowd.
GOOD MOVE: After watching Nowitzki blow past Bosh for the winning layup in Game 2, Miami learned its lesson. This time, Haslem defended Nowitzki straight-up in the final seconds and forced him to fire up an off-balance fadeaway near the foul line as time expired.
BAD MOVE: Instead of the Mavericks getting the final shot in the first quarter, J.J. Barea turned it over with an errant pass to Terry with 3.5 seconds left. That enabled Chalmers to sink a 36-foot heave at the buzzer and give Miami a 29-22 lead after one. As it turned out, those three points were huge.
NOTABLE: Backup Mavericks center Brendan Haywood was inactive with a strained right hip flexor, which he aggravated in Game 2. He is day-to-day. With Haywood out, seldom-used Ian Mahinmi was Chandler's primary backup and finished with five fouls, two points and one rebound in 8 minutes. ... Dallas won the rebounding battle (42-36) and blocked eight shots, including three each by Nowitzki and Chandler. ... Bosh, a Dallas native, was 0-8 in his hometown before this win. He got poked in the left eye in the first quarter and played with a swollen eyelid.
| June 5 8:00 pm | Miami Heat 88, Dallas Mavericks 86 | American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas Attendance: 20,340 Referees: Dan Crawford, Scott Foster, Derrick Stafford | ||||||
| Scoring by quarter: 29–22, 18–20, 20–22, 21–22 | ||||||||
| Pts: Dwyane Wade 29 Rebs: Dwyane Wade 11 Asts: LeBron James 9 | Pts: Dirk Nowitzki 34 Rebs: Chandler, Nowitzki 11 each Asts: Jason Kidd 10 | |||||||
Heat-Mavericks notebook
By Dave Ivey, for NBA.com
Posted Sunday June 5, 2011 11:57PM
THE FACTS: Dwyane Wade and the Heat survived a fourth-quarter push by Dirk Nowitzki, edging the Mavericks 88-86 in Game 3 on Sunday in Dallas to take a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals. Wade scored 29 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, but Miami needed a clutch bucket from Chris Bosh and a late defensive stop by Udonis Haslem to offset Nowitzki's 34-point, 11-rebound night.Bosh finished with 18 points and LeBron James added 17 points and nine assists. Jason Terry scored 15 off the Dallas bench. The Mavericks got 11 rebounds from Tyson Chandler and 10 assists, nine points and six boards from Jason Kidd.
History is not on the Mavericks' side. Since the NBA went to the 2-3-2 format in the Finals in 1985, 11 series were tied 1-1 entering Game 3. All 11 times, the team that seized the 2-1 lead went on to win the championship.
QUOTABLE: "That's a makeable shot, but 'UD' did a great job of keeping his chest in front of him and forcing him into a fadeaway. Nowitzki is a tough player. That shot hung up in the air about as long as it was in between Game 2 and Game 3."
--Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra on Haslem's defense against Nowitzki in the final seconds.
THE STAT: The Heat said they were going to be in "attack mode" in Game 3 and followed through on that promise. They scored 19 points off 14 Dallas turnovers and outscored the Mavericks by a 40-22 margin in the paint. Miami had at least eight dunks.
TURNING POINT: Bosh's 16-foot baseline jumper with 39.6 seconds left was the game winner and took all of the sting out of another poor shooting performance. After missing 18 of his last 22 shots in Miami, he was just 6-for-17 in Game 3 before connecting when it mattered most.
QUOTABLE II: "We were digging out of holes all night. ... It's very difficult playing from behind all the time."
--Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle, whose team made an 11-2 run to end the first half and a 17-3 run in the third quarter.
HOT: Nowitzki scored 15 in the fourth quarter, including the Mavericks' last 12 points. He did just about everything except finish the job, turning it over with 30.2 seconds left on a wild pass and missing the potential tying shot with 0.3 ticks remaining. ... Mario Chalmers was 4-for-6 from 3-point range and led Miami with 12 points off the bench.
NOT: There were lids on both baskets in a sloppy second quarter. Miami shot 27.8 percent (5-for-18) and Dallas wasn't much better at 30 percent (6-for-20). Considering Wade was 4-for-5 in the period, everyone else shot a combined 21.2 percent (7-for-33).
INSIDE THE ARENA: Troy Aikman, Terrell Owens, Pat Riley, Scottie Pippen and late-night host George Lopez were among the celebrities in the crowd.
GOOD MOVE: After watching Nowitzki blow past Bosh for the winning layup in Game 2, Miami learned its lesson. This time, Haslem defended Nowitzki straight-up in the final seconds and forced him to fire up an off-balance fadeaway near the foul line as time expired.
BAD MOVE: Instead of the Mavericks getting the final shot in the first quarter, J.J. Barea turned it over with an errant pass to Terry with 3.5 seconds left. That enabled Chalmers to sink a 36-foot heave at the buzzer and give Miami a 29-22 lead after one. As it turned out, those three points were huge.
NOTABLE: Backup Mavericks center Brendan Haywood was inactive with a strained right hip flexor, which he aggravated in Game 2. He is day-to-day. With Haywood out, seldom-used Ian Mahinmi was Chandler's primary backup and finished with five fouls, two points and one rebound in 8 minutes. ... Dallas won the rebounding battle (42-36) and blocked eight shots, including three each by Nowitzki and Chandler. ... Bosh, a Dallas native, was 0-8 in his hometown before this win. He got poked in the left eye in the first quarter and played with a swollen eyelid.
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