Come on, wake up Shaq ! I still believe, nothing gonna stop Shaq now ! ...yonas..
--- In [email protected], "Reri Perdana S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wade, Heat take Game 3 > > Led by Dwyane Wade's monster 42 points and 13 rebounds, Miami put together a > 13-point fourth-quarter comeback to take Game 3. Hear from both sides after > the Mavericks' series lead was trimmed 2-1. > Not here. Not now. Not this quickly. > > And definitely not when he was finally feeling like himself again. > > > So Miami's getting-better-by-the-second guard led a furious fourth- quarter > comeback that put his team back into the NBA finals. > > "I said, 'I ain't going out like this,"' Wade told his teammates. > > He scored 42 points and orchestrated a Miami rally that reached its > crescendo on Gary Payton's jumper with 9.3 seconds left as the Heat escaped > with a 98-96 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night. > > The Heat rallied from a 13-point deficit in the final 6:34 to keep alive a > series that looked to be over with Dallas up 2-0 and cruising toward a Game > 3 victory. > > "As a team, we just came out and said this could be the season if they win > this game," Wade said. "We came out, ran our offense to the crisp, locked > down on defense and came back and won this game." > > Despite blowing its big lead, Dallas still had plenty of chances late but > Dirk Nowitzki missed one of two free throws with 3.4 seconds to go and the > Mavericks couldn't convert on an inbounds play in the final second thanks to > Wade, who tipped away the last gasp pass after scoring 15 points in the > fourth quarter. > > Wade has been battling flu-like symptoms for several weeks. > > "I had legs at the end to go down there and finish and make things happen. > ... I feel a little bit better," Wade said. > > As the final horn sounded, Heat fans simultaneously exhausted and > exhilarated, tossed their "White Hot" white T-shirts into the air, a > celebration that seemed unimaginable just a few minutes earlier. > > Now, after watching Wade's heroics, Shaquille O'Neal and Udonis Haslem hit > four straight crucial free throws in final two minutes and the > second-largest fourth-quarter rally in NBA finals history, they're coming > back for Game 4 on Thursday night. > > "We had 2 1/2 horrible games and now we can use this momentum and pick it up > and just try to win four," said O'Neal, who had 16 points and 11 rebounds, > atoning for a miserable five-point performance in Game 2. > > Miami was down and apparently done after Jason Terry's basket made it 89-76 > with 6:34 remaining. > > That's when Wade, playing with five fouls and conjuring memories of Michael > Jordan's playoff miracles, decided it was time for him to take over. > > First, he hit a jumper. Then he completed a 3-point play and dropped in > another bucket to bring the Heat within five. Then, after a miss by > Nowitzki, Wade drove baseline, hung in the air for what seemed like an > eternity, and hit a floater to make it 91-88 with 3:36 to go. > > Dallas, meanwhile, which had shown so much poise through 3 1/2 quarters, was > coming apart at the seams. Nowitzki's two free throws slowed Miami for a > moment, but O'Neal, whose abysmal foul shooting had contributed to Miami's > 0-2 deficit in the series, calmly spun in two attempts to pull the Heat > within 93-90 1:48 left. > > Wade's jumper got Miami within a point, and Haslem came up with the play of > the game, picking off a pass intended for Nowitzki. Haslem, playing with a > badly bruised shoulder suffered in Game 2, was fouled and the Heat's > toughest player made both attempts after firing bricks on his first four > tries. > > Then, with the game tied, Payton, the defensive specialist coach Pat Riley > brought in this season, knocked down a 21-foot jumper - just his second > field goal of the series. > > Nowitzki, who finished with 30 points, was fouled trying to answer Payton's > shot with a drive to the hoop. At that point, he was 25-of-27 from the line > in the series, but he could only make the first. When he misfired on the > second, he triggered a roar inside AmericanAirlines Arena that could be > heard back in Dallas. > > The Mavericks appeared on their way when they outscored the Heat 34- 16 in > the third quarter to open a 77-68 lead entering the final 12 minutes. > > Josh Howard scored 21 points for Dallas, which came in 25-0 in games where > he scores at least 20. Erick Dampier added 14 points and Jerry Stackhouse, > who had 19 in Game 2, managed just four points on 1-of-9 shooting. > > Beyond what the Mavericks' defense did to him in Games 1 and 2, O'Neal, who > was fined $10,000 by the NBA for skipping his postgame interview on Sunday > in Dallas, has taken a public beating in the media and from fans wondering > what has happened to one of the NBA's pre-eminent towers of power. > > Riley, for one, thinks O'Neal has been treated unfairly. > > "Shaquille O'Neal is one of the most worthy professional athletes who has > ever walked the face of the planet," Riley said before the game. "And he has > one bad game ... but that's the way it is in life. > > In his final pregame blog, Dallas owner Mark Cuban first grumbled about > South Florida's oppressive humidity - "I promise never to complain about the > weather in Dallas again. Dang." - and then he imagined how the temperature > might be when the Heat took the floor in AmericanAirlines Arena. > > "The crowd is going to be nuts," he said. "We have to be able to take the > early barrage of punches." > > O'Neal and Wade combined to throw the first flurries. > > On Miami's first possession, O'Neal backed down the lane and dropped a > turnaround jumper over DeSagana Diop and then the big fella powered inside > off a repost and banked in another bucket. > > Moments later, O'Neal reached in and poked the ball away from Terry and > shoveled the ball ahead to Jason Williams for a layup. > > And then, with the crowd holding its breath, O'Neal stepped to the line and > drained his first two free throws, matching his entire total on 16 attempts > in the first two games. > > Notes > > No respect or wishful thinking? On a ticket request form on a table in > Dallas' locker room, someone spelled Nowitzki's name, "Nowinski." ... Riley > didn't condone O'Neal's decision not to speak after Game 2, which also drew > the Heat an NBA-imposed $25,000 penalty. "I think it's something he needs to > do and live up to his obligations," Riley said. ... Funny sign: "The Only > Cuban Not Welcome in Miami Is Mark Cuban." ... Following Game 2, Wade > received an "encouraging" e-mail from Cleveland superstar LeBron James, his > good friend, who told Miami's dynamic guard "to lead my troops." ... While > O'Neal's horrid free-throw shooting dominated the pregame talk, his > teammates prefer to keep quiet about it. "I don't talk to Shaq about his > free throws at all," Wade said. "Never. Never. He's been in the league for > 13 years. What can I say?" ... The Mavericks are 4-0 in playoff series > they've led 2-0. > > -- > --rr-- > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. 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