The NBA Finals is already set!

The Dallas Mavericks will be facing the Miami Heat, a rematch of their 2006 encounter when Dallas won the first two games at home before suffering a monumental collapse and lost the next four games and the series.

Mavericks Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd will face the Miami Thrice – Lebron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.

[watch the 2011 NBA Finals: Miami Heat vs Dallas Mavericks promo videos]

Below is the 2011 NBA Finals schedule:

No. 3 (Western Conference) Dallas Mavericks vs No. 2 (Eastern Conference) Miami Heat

The NBA Finals will be under a Tuesday-Thursday-Sunday rotation, and will commence on Tuesday, May 31.

Dallas wins series 4–2

Game 1 — Dallas Mavericks 84, Miami Heat 92 [RECAP: Lebron scores 24 to win first ever Finals game]
Game 2 — Dallas Mavericks 95, Miami Heat 93 [RECAP: Nowitzki and Terry led furious rally in come from behind victory]
Game 3 — Miami Heat 88, Dallas Mavericks 86 [RECAP: Bosh makes go-ahead jumper in win]
Game 4 — Miami Heat 83, Dallas Mavericks 86 [RECAP: Nowitzki makes a Jordanesque performance]
Game 5 — Miami Heat 103, Dallas Mavericks 112 [RECAP: Lebron nets triple-double in loss]
Game 6 — Dallas Mavericks 105, Miami Heat 95 [RECAP: Dallas wins first NBA title!]

For NBA fans based in the Philippines, we are 1 day ahead of the US so just add 1 day to the schedule; e.g. June 4 instead of June 3, games are in Monday-Wednesday-Friday rotation.

Time is the same except that it’s in a.m. instead of p.m.

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