Mavs edge Heat to tie series 2-2!

Once again, Heat stand on the wrong end of a meltdown!

DALLAS – The lone superstar of the Mavericks bravely chugged through Game 4 with a cherry red nose, fighting a 101-degree temperature , doing plenty of sniffling and wheezing and gasping.

But not coughing. Dirk Nowitzki left that to others.

He left that to the Heat, who had a a collective late-game meltdown, with Lebron James holding the torch. Mental errors, blown shots and zippo from James will haunt Miami at least for another day, if not the series. If not the off-season. With Nowitzki hurta and a game dangling for the taking, Miami blew a chance to assume a commanding lead in the NBA Finals and their closer, in particular, turned the vapor.

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Mavericks tied series 1-1 : Anatomy of a Comeback!

MIAMI – The Miami Heat had just gone on a 13-0 run to take a 88-73 lead with 7:14 left to go in the fourth quarter of Game 2 of the NBA Finals. The Dallas Mavericks had gone eight straight possessions without a score.

Then came a 22-5 Mavs run that stunned the crowd at American Airlines Arena, forced hundreds of media to rewrite their stories in a manner of minutes, and tied the series at one game apiece.

Here’s each Dallas possession from the 6:50 mark of the fourth quarter on Thursday.

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NBA Finals 2011: Miami Heat takes 1-0 lead!

Lebron James, Dwayne Wade step up in 4^th, stake Heat to 1-0 Finals lead

MIAMI – Dwayne Wade’s night began with a hug from her mom. It ended with an embrace from Lebron James.

Nearby, Chris Bosh held up three fingers.

No explanation necessary. The Miami Heat is three wins from the reason why the Big Three came together in the first place.

Lebron James scored 24 points for his first win in five NBA Finals games, Wad scored 15 of his 22 points in the second half and the Heat beat the Dallas Mavericks 92-84 in Game 1 of the title series on Tuesday night – holding the Western Conference Champions to their lowest point total of the playoffs after a dominant defensive showing down the stretch.

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