hebat euy..teman2 dari dallas ini. kayanya jitu banget nih strateginya AJ untuk ngalahkan PR. gile bener. padahal ini orang baru aja kurang 2 tahun sebagai coach. lihat dari game pertama sih emang udah keliatan. tapi bener2 ga nyangka sebegini hasilnya.
sukses deh buat Dallas... On 6/12/06, Reri Perdana S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nowitzki, Mavs outplay Heat, take 2-0 lead in NBA Finals > > By Chris Sheridan > ESPN Insider > > DALLAS -- The temptation here is to declare: "It's over." > > It isn't over, of course, because the NBA Finals aren't over until > someone wins four times, but all indications point to this thing being > a heck of a lot closer to over than almost anyone could have expected. > > That's how dominant the Dallas Mavericks were in a 99-85 victory over > the Miami Heat Sunday night in Game 2, a game in which the Heat didn't > even wait until the end to start hanging their heads and assuming the > body language of a beaten team. They were doing that before the fourth > quarter began. > > Getting numerous timely 3-pointers from Jerry Stackhouse and solid > contributions from Dirk Nowitzki, Josh Howard and even Erick Dampier, > the Mavericks asserted themselves like never before and established > themselves as the far better team in a game so lopsided that there > wasn't even any suspense down the stretch. > > The Heat certainly couldn't provide any, and they were so thoroughly > outclassed, outplayed, out-deeped, out-defensed -- you name it -- that > it was hard to imagine this thing turning competitive when the series > resumes in South Florida on Tuesday night. Miami has been a much > better playoff team there, going 8-1 as opposed to 4-6 on the road, > but the Heat left the court Sunday night with some deeply troubling > questions to ask themselves, starting with the self-examination of > whether they're even in the same class as the best team from the West. > > Shaquille O'Neal was a non-factor (when was the last time you read > that after a Finals game, if ever?) and had his lowest-scoring Finals > game ever, Dwyane Wade was incapable of carrying the load by himself, > and the only thing Miami did that remotely resembled a run was to pull > within 12 midway through the fourth with Antoine Walker leading the > way. > > That late run was just a tease, however, and the Mavericks pretty much > coasted through the second half after closing the first half with a > 22-6 run that demoralized the suddenly flummoxed Heat. Nothing Miami > tried on offense worked against Dallas' stifling and adaptable > defense, and the Mavericks' advantage in depth gave them too many > weapons for Miami to contain. > > Nowitzki scored a team-high 26 points with 16 rebounds, Stackhouse > added 19 off the bench, and Jason Terry and Howard scored 15 apiece. > Dampier was a bigger force under the boards than Shaq with six points > and 13 rebounds while O'Neal was held to just five field goal attempts > and five points. Once again, Shaq didn't help himself at the line, > either, with six misses in seven attempts. > > In short, the Heat were beaten in just about every aspect imaginable, > and now they're two losses away from being just plain beaten by a > Dallas team that appears primed to earn the first championship in > franchise history. > > "We respect our opponents; obviously we're thrilled to be here and we > wanted to be here all year, but we are not a satisfied team," Dallas > coach Avery Johnson said before tipoff. "This team is a team that has > really set the bar pretty high throughout the season." > > The push that put Dallas firmly in control came late in the second > quarter when the Heat's game-long lack of hustle and poor execution > caught up with them big time. With the score 40-34, Adrian Griffin > chased down an offensive rebound and found Nowitzki at the top of the > circle. Nowitzki then wheeled and fired a pass to Stackhouse in the > corner for a 3-pointer. Wade was called for a palming violation at the > other end, then Stackhouse nailed another 3 while getting fouled by > Wade, his third foul of the half. Wade picked up a technical from > referee Steve Javie for arguing the call from the bench, and even > though Nowitzki missed the technical foul shot, Dallas still had one > more dagger up its sleeve. > > It again came from Stackhouse, who somehow drained a 3-pointer from > the corner while falling out of bounds with 1 second left on the shot > clock, putting the Mavs up 50-34 at halftime. Miami's point total was > its lowest at intermission in 19 postseason games, and both O'Neal and > Wade had just two field goals apiece. > > The third quarter brought more of the same: Dallas playing with all > the energy and enthusiasm, Miami staying mired in the muck. The first > five minutes of the quarter featured a four-point play by Howard and a > breakaway dunk by Dampier, of all people, while Miami looked even more > confused and disjointed than it had in the latter part of the second > quarter. > > A sluggish first quarter ended with the Mavs ahead 18-17, with > everyone in the building stuck waiting another 12 minutes for Nowitzki > or Howard to get going. Miami tried going to O'Neal over the first > seven minutes of the quarter without much success (he scored on the > first possession of the game, then went scoreless over the rest of the > quarter) before switching schemes to try to run more of the offense > through Wade. But the Heat had limited success with that, too, and > Wade was not even able to break free of Devin Harris' tight defense on > Miami's final possession of the quarter and did not touch the ball. > The Heat went to the line 14 times in the quarter, but made only > eight, while Dallas was 4-for-4 and had a 15-7 rebounding edge. > > Miami scored on three straight possessions early in the second > quarter, and a 3-pointer by James Posey gave them a 28-23 edge before > Nowitzki hit a wide-open jumper and Howard followed with a wide-open 3 > to start an 13-0 run that ended with consecutive close jumpers by > Nowitzki and Howard. The Mavs' offensive execution continued to be > much more precise than Miami's as the quarter went on (O'Neal didn't > have his second field goal until 3:02 before intermission), and > Dallas' finishing kick highlighted by Stackhouse's falling-down > 3-pointer left the scoreboard reading 50-34 at halftime. > > It wasn't over, but like we said: This thing seems awfully close to > being all over. > > --rr-- > > -- regards, donny rico m [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Everything you need is one click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AHchtC/4FxNAA/yQLSAA/2_TolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> HAPUS BAGIAN EMAIL YG TIDAK PERLU SEBELUM ME-REPLY. ========================================================== Milis Tabloid BOLA Untuk KELUAR DARI MILIS INI. 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