NBA Finals

Let me give you my take on the NBA finals.

It should be a great match up of two very well coached teams with lots of star power on both teams. The Heat has Shaq and Wade and the Mavericks have Nowitzki and Jason Terry. For both it is the first time to the NBA Finals. Both teams were seated second in their conferences. Both teams have improved on defense.

So who do I think will win the championship? The Mavericks in seven.

Why? Here’s five reasons.
The home court advantage – I know it didn’t mean a lot to the Detroit Pistons, but if the Pistons hadn’t taken the Cavs lightly and dispatched them earlier in the series then Game one of the Piston Heat series would have been different. The Pistons were dead tired in Game 1.

Lot of big men to throw at Shag – Dampier and Diop should be good enough to keep The Diesel under 30 per game. For a change of pace Nowitzki can play Shaq for a few minutes as well

No one on the Heat team will be able to check Nowitski – Put Walker or Haslem on him and he will post you… Put Alonzo on him and he will take you outside for the J or blow by you for a dunk… This guy can and has put up 50 points already in a playoff game this year.

Team speed – The Pistons didn’t do this…. The Mavs will. Terry, Josh Howard and Devin Harris can run you into the ground. The aforementioned Nowitzki is a gazelle when it comes to power forwards.

Deep Bench – Dampier, Keith Van Horn, Adrian Griffin, Jerry Stackhouse, and Darrell Armstrong are all capable backups that still bring skill to the game. All of these guys have started on this team during this year.

Biggest key for the series... how will Riley play Nowitzki.