Keys for the Mavs to win the Finals. Go Mavs!

The Mavs have to do an awful lot right if they want to win this series. The Keys:

– Of course the biggest advantage every team has against the Heat is the bench and since the Mavs have a top 3 bench in this league this will be a factor in this game. Of course the Heat role players will not get a lot of time but we have to use that time and punish them, getting some easy buckets .

– Take out Chris Bosh. The Mavs have the luxury to have two long 7’0 or maybe even taller big man. Dirk can handle Joel Anthony while Chandler defends Bosh. Of course Dirk "I rebound almost as bad as Brook Lopez" Nowitzki will have trouble against Joel going for boards and Chandler will be missed in the paint but I think it’d be worth it if we could take out Bosh. If I was Carlisle I would tell Chandler to give Bosh jumpers instead of trying to overcontest every shot. I think Bosh  has struggled with contested jumpers and I would take those instead of letting him put the ball on the floor. I think hewould be bothered enough if he sees Chandlers enormous body in front of him.

– Obviously you will not be able to contain Wade and LBJ but I think if the Mavs play solid D on them we could get some wins. We have some solid players to throw at them Marion, Stevenson, Kidd and maybe a little Terry. I think especially Kidd on Wade could be huge. Kidd is one of the best at forcing TO and the Big Two especially Wade have struggled with TOs so far. We can get some easy buckets for Marion and Terry or some threes on the break that way. Of course don’t run to much against Miami but getting some easy buckets and getting Wade out of his rhythm could be big. The Mavs will play a lot of zone against the Heat anyway which will probably help a lot also.

– Knock down threes. This will be very though against the Heat because they switch and play the best D in the league but I think two factors could help us. The Heat cannot match Chandlers size and strength. His offensive rebounding and our good ball movement on the perimeter could get us some open threes. Another factor would be isolataing Dirk, Sadly Haslem is back and playing very solidly but still, isolating Dirk could be big because Anthony and Haslem will have a tough time with him. Dirk could get them into foul trouble and to the line which would make the Heat frontcourt even thinner which would give us even bigger chances on the offensive glass. And if the Heat double team him one guy has to be open. Of course double teaming him could get the Heat some easy buckets in transition, nonetheless I’d take that risk.

– Battle at the freethrowline. Of course I don’t think or expect that the pussy jumpshooting Mavs get as many freethrows as the always attacking Heat. But come on. I think after Dirks 24/24 game some refs thought that he had enough freethrows for now. I thought he got hacked a lot in the last two games against the Thunder. Collison played excellent defense sure and I don’t think every little contact should be called but when Westbrook and Durant get freethrows for every little contact them, Dirk should’ve gotten them also.

I really don’t want to start whining about the refs but I think the Heat got a lot of lucky threepoint plays and generally most 50-50 calls. I’m not your random youtube Kobe dicksucking fanboy, I like the Heat. I think those guys, especially LBJ didn’t deserve all the hate, I was rooting for the Heat in the east but please if you give the Big 3 freethrows for every small contact give them to Dirk also if Anthony and Haslem hack him.

What do you guys think are the keys for this game? Feel free to comment.

Prediction: Heat in 6. Although my predictions for the playoffs look like this so far: Blazers in 7, Lakers in 6, Mavs in 5, so I don’t seem to be that good at predicting games.

Go Mavs!