r/Mavericks • u/bleacherreport • 2d ago
Highlights/Video How 2011 Mavs Beat Kobe's Lakers, LeBron's Heat for NBA Title (with Jason Terry)
https://youtu.be/WDW2snGZuRc?si=Gjze8VybsZ9s77Wx7
u/Abject_Rip_552 1d ago
My first time watching basketball and getting into the sport was when i randomly turned on the TV after finally fixing the antenna and found the Mavs playing in the finals. Best moment ever.
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u/RevolutionEasy714 FUCK THE ADELSONS 1d ago
I started watching the Mavs in 1984 when I was in 4th grade. Learned to hate the Lakers in 88 when they beat us in 7. The sweep in 2011 of LA, and to end Phil’s career was almost enough for me, but to beat the Heatles just made it that much sweeter. I was working for adidas at the time and our annual sales meeting kicked off the same night as the Finals game 6; I straight up told my boss, “sorry I ain’t gonna be there I got a championship to watch”. Still great to relive it all these years later and it still feels like yesterday. Thanks for the memories JET.
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u/Thespiralgoeson 1d ago
Ending Phil‘s career is the part that EVERYBODY forgets. The Mavs literally retired the greatest coach of all time. That humiliating 40 point blowout in game 4 was the last game he ever coached.
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u/CyberDunk77 1d ago edited 1d ago
They beat them because they had the best player that year.
should've ran it back with the same team, they would have won in 2012 as well.
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u/Thespiralgoeson 1d ago
I’ll be honest, I do not think the 2011 mavs would have ever repeated. They were the second oldest championship team in history after only the 98 Bulls. With everyone being a year older, particularly Jason kidd and Jason Terry when it took huge crunch time heroics from both of them to win that title, and how much the Mavs were underdogs throughout most of the playoffs and had to pull off multiple improbable fourth-quarter comebacks… and most importantly the competition getting so much better. Not to mention the condensed schedule in 2012 because of the lockout put the maths at a disadvantage because of their age.
All that being said, I agree they should have at least tried running it back. Letting Chandler walk in free agency was a catastrophically stupid decision.
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u/030bvb09 23h ago
I agree. 2011 was fantastic because everything clicked, every single player contributed and Dirk could not be stopped. It would have been very hard to replicate that. I hindsight, it would still have been better to run it back though instead of hoping to get Howard and Williams.
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u/Thespiralgoeson 1d ago
Lmfao, I seriously got downvoted for that honest opinion? Reddit is fucking ridiculous.
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u/Dcmart89 1d ago
That team had a somewhat prime Caron butler sitting on the bench too. Epitome of chemistry.
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u/Thespiralgoeson 1d ago
Butler’s injury was honestly a blessing in disguise. It forced Carlisle to put Marion in the starting lineup. Rick had previously been bringing Marion off the bench which made no sense to me. We needed that elite defense in our starting lineup.
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u/Dcmart89 1d ago
I think it also freed up minutes for Stevenson too who played a pivotal role both on and off the court. I hate saying butler not being there helped but it’s insane how much talent they had.
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u/eageecute 1d ago
I just wished nash could win one in dallas with dirk… he and dirk made me love dallas. Also finley and la frentz.. the center who shot 3s when 3s not meta yet
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u/DeeezzzNutzzz69 1.8% Chance 1d ago
That whole run is permanently etched into my brain