June 3rd, 2011 
Russ Loede 
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The Finals just got more interesting
“That’s about as tough a fourth quarter as you can have,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “When it started to slide, it just kept on going.” Up 88-73 with a little more than seven minutes remaining in the final period, it looked like the Heat were on cruise control, eyeing a 2-0 lead. When things start to go downhill, all that is needed to regain form or preserve a win is a couple of shots or a couple of stops – neither happened. Thus, the Mavs did the unthinkable, storming back to rob game two in Miami, tying up the series 1-1; setting up the stage for three straight contests in Dallas. We have a Finals on our hands, and the ratings tell us so.
“We didn’t play the way that we normally play, so they deserved it and we didn’t,” Dwayne Wade, who produced a game-high 36 points, said. As much as Miami blew the game, much credit has to go to Dallas for playing a near flawless final seven minutes of basketball. The last time a team overcame a 15+ point 4th-quarter deficit in the NBA Finals was June 14, 1992 in Chicago, when the Bulls came back to beat the Trail Blazers in Game 6. That was the clincher, this however, was a game to get Dallas back into the series. Right now, you can make a case for them being in the driver’s seat. Let’s see if they can handle the pressure of being expected to win.
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