by Micah Hart
Sebastian Pruiti of the always-informative NBA Playbook blog put together a hilarious and instructive montage of the NBA Finals, illustrating a point that a thousand coaches have made at every level of basketball since the beginning of the sport: don’t leave your feet unless you know where you’re going. Roll it!
The musical accompaniment is a nice touch.
NBA Finals Jump Pass Compilation [NBA Playbook]
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by Micah Hart
What’s that expression? A thing of beauty is a joy forever? Well that’s what Dallas’ comeback was last night — a 22-5 run of sheer bliss that deserves to be remembered in prose for posterity.
The Mavs comeback, as told in rhyming couplets:
Jason Terry strokes the J,
Flies down court and makes them pay.
A couple of freebies, Mavs moving fast,
Marion drives and puts it off glass.
Kidd is open, he drains a three!
A pull-up jumper from Mr. J.T.
It’s Dirk time now, making shots a’plenty,
A rattling jumper, a finish lefty,
A trey from deep, the Heat feeling blue…
The winner past Bosh. Take dat wit chew.
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by Kevin McCormack
Last week we brought you the details on Jason Terry‘s Larry O’Brien trophy tatoo on his arm. That’s confidence! But what if the Mavs lose in The Finals? Well, according to Terry, he’ll get the ink removed. Ouch!:
But if Dallas does stumble in the NBA Finals, which open Tuesday in Miami, Jet is prepared to erase the leap-of-faith inking.
“It symbolized the fact we had a realistic shot of getting there.” Terry said Sunday before the team departed for Miami. “If I didn’t think we had a chance, I definitely wouldn’t have put that on there. … For me, it’s something I have to sleep with, something I wake up with.
“I definitely know it’s going to hurt worse if I have to take this thing off.”
Yep, if Dallas doesn’t win the trophy, look for Terry to get it removed.
“It means it was bad luck.” Terry said. “I’m very superstitious.”
If the Mavs do win, he’ll still require some needle time – he left the trophy open so he could fill in the date of the championship.
by Micah Hart
Say, did you know the Heat and Mavericks have played each other in the NBA Finals before? It’s true!
All Ball reader Shane from Down Under has shared with us his handiwork before, and returns again with this homage to one of the most talked about narratives of this year’s Finals, which begin Tuesday night in Miami:
Good on ya, as they say.
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Catch up on every single game-winning buzzer beater during the season and see how it rates on the Horry Scale.
