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Lets GO MAVS!!!!

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Nowitzki knows importance of avoiding 0-2 hole

Just three teams have rallied from an 0-2 deficit to win the NBA Finals, the most recent being the 2006 Miami Heat, when they won the last four against Dallas.

Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki doesn't need to be told the odds.

"You don't ever want to go down 2-0 in a series," Nowitzki said Thursday. "That's a big hole to overcome. It's not nothing that's impossible, but we don't want to fall in that hole. Got to go for it. Got to compete a little harder. Got to rebound better.

"I think that's a big key. You can't give an explosive offensive team so many shots at the basket. You've got to hold them to one shot, rebound the ball and then hopefully speed the game up some, get the ball in J-Kidd's hands and play more of our game."

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Mavs must attack glass if they want to rebound

MIAMI -- Rebounding is one of the battles the Dallas Mavericks knew they would need to take advantage of against the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals. In Game 1, though, the Heat dominated the boards en route to a 92-84 victory.

Miami had a 46-36 advantage, including 16 offensive rebounds compared with Dallas' six. And the Heat got all of its rebounds without a player over 7-feet tall.

The Mavericks, on the other hand, have three players at least 7-feet.

Before a shootaround at the AmericanAirlines Arena on Wednesday, the Mavericks offered no excuses for that differential, saying they simply had to do better job at it.

"Rebounding is about getting a body on a body," said center Brendan Haywood, who had seven rebounds. "When the ball is up and you're sitting there looking at it, you're in the wrong area. You need to be attacking the glass, putting a body on somebody."

As the Mavericks found out, that includes everybody on the floor for the Heat. Dwyane Wade, the 6-foot-4 guard, came away with a team-high 10 rebounds, while LeBron James and Chris Bosh each had nine.

Zone ineffective

The easiest way to take advantage of a zone defense is to make outside shots. That's what the Heat was able to do against the Mavericks' zone in Game 1, making 11 of 24 3-pointers.

The Mavs, who went to a zone 14 times in the first half, know they need to contest more shots on the perimeter regardless of the defense they're in.

"We gave up a lot of 3s where they could set their feet, check the temperature in the gym and just let it fly," Brendan Haywood said. "We've got to tighten up our defense and make sure we run these guys off the line."

LeBron James made 4 of 5 from 3-point range, while Mario Chalmers was 3 for 7 -- making all of his 3s in the first half.

James on Terry

The Heat did something unexpected in Game 1, having 6-foot-8 LeBron James defend 6-foot-2 Mavericks guard Jason Terry. But a similar strategy worked for Miami in the Eastern Conference Finals when it put James on Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose.

And it worked again for the Heat on Tuesday, as Terry finished 3 of 10 from the field for 12 points.

"It's definitely a compliment to know they put their best defender on me," Terry said. "Going into the series, I thought he'd be guarding Dirk. So, hey, I'm welcoming the challenge."

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[bowee]

lets go MAVS!!!! game 2 here we gooo............

[JJstyles]

Mav should utilized some of it's players like C.brewer, ....Peja in this series is really unable to help since it's hard for him to guard either LBJ,wade same for the offensive side..so why not use brewer , he can defend , young and has a good height too....Mismatch na kaayo kng mo lingkod c Dirk then sub c Peja....

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bench Haywood!! damn he's just too inept even to run or catch a rebound.... hehehe

[MavsMan]

thank you refs! ^_^

[JJstyles]

...if they cant win this game 2....pag-asa aning mavs kay c caron butler nlng gd..it's a risk worth taking...

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Let's Go MAVS! Halftime pa

[Buzz Killington]

abi nakog dayonon na sa dallas... tabla naman nuon halftime.... ning rally ang heat after atong no call sa fastbreak ni wade... lol ref naas atubangan gitulon ang whistle