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Mavericks roar back to level series
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June 4, 2011, Saturday
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DIRK Nowitzki scored the go-ahead layup with 3.6 seconds left as the Dallas Mavericks roared back from 15 points down in the fourth quarter to beat the Miami Heat 95-93 on Thursday and level the NBA finals at one game apiece.
The German star capped the furious rally by scoring Dallas' final nine points, making his last two baskets with his non-shooting left hand, despite having a torn tendon on his middle finger.
He finished with 24 points and 11 rebounds.
Dwyane Wade had 36 points for Miami, but missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer to win the game.
LeBron James added 20 points and eight rebounds.
"I thought defensively we really got into them," Nowitzki said of the comeback. "We pressured them full court and we scrambled defensively. We even gave up some offensive rebounds, but we kept scrambling."
Game 3 is tomorrow in Dallas.
Dallas was seemingly out of the game when Miami went up 88-73 with 7:15 remaining, but the Mavs held the Heat to just one field goal from there - a 3-pointer by Mario Chalmers with 24.5 seconds that tied it just 2 seconds after Nowitzki's 3 had made it 93-90.
After a time-out, Dallas' Jason Kidd ran the clock down before getting the ball to Nowitzki, who drove into the lane, spun back to the left and made the game-winning layup.
Jason Terry, largely silent since the first half of Game 1, sparked the comeback with a couple of jumpers and finished with 16 points.
Shawn Marion added 20 points for the Mavericks, who had lost four straight finals games in Miami since taking a 2-0 lead in the 2006 series.
They were about to go down 0-2 again before Nowitzki, who insisted before the game that his injured finger wouldn't hinder him, led a rally even more impressive than the one that won Game 4 of the Western Conference finals, when the Mavs trailed Oklahoma City by 15 in the fourth quarter before pulling it out in overtime.
The Heat lost for the first time in 10 games at home in the playoffs and will have to win at least once in Dallas to force the series back to their court.
The German star capped the furious rally by scoring Dallas' final nine points, making his last two baskets with his non-shooting left hand, despite having a torn tendon on his middle finger.
He finished with 24 points and 11 rebounds.
Dwyane Wade had 36 points for Miami, but missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer to win the game.
LeBron James added 20 points and eight rebounds.
"I thought defensively we really got into them," Nowitzki said of the comeback. "We pressured them full court and we scrambled defensively. We even gave up some offensive rebounds, but we kept scrambling."
Game 3 is tomorrow in Dallas.
Dallas was seemingly out of the game when Miami went up 88-73 with 7:15 remaining, but the Mavs held the Heat to just one field goal from there - a 3-pointer by Mario Chalmers with 24.5 seconds that tied it just 2 seconds after Nowitzki's 3 had made it 93-90.
After a time-out, Dallas' Jason Kidd ran the clock down before getting the ball to Nowitzki, who drove into the lane, spun back to the left and made the game-winning layup.
Jason Terry, largely silent since the first half of Game 1, sparked the comeback with a couple of jumpers and finished with 16 points.
Shawn Marion added 20 points for the Mavericks, who had lost four straight finals games in Miami since taking a 2-0 lead in the 2006 series.
They were about to go down 0-2 again before Nowitzki, who insisted before the game that his injured finger wouldn't hinder him, led a rally even more impressive than the one that won Game 4 of the Western Conference finals, when the Mavs trailed Oklahoma City by 15 in the fourth quarter before pulling it out in overtime.
The Heat lost for the first time in 10 games at home in the playoffs and will have to win at least once in Dallas to force the series back to their court.
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