CLICK HERE TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT AT 2BETDSI.COM AND BET ON THIS NBA PLAYOFF MATCHUP!!!!!!<\/a><\/h3>\nSchedule (All games ABC TV in United States and TSN in Canada)<\/strong><\/p>\nGame 1: Tue., May 31 in Miami, 9 p.m.
\nGame 2: Thu., June 2 in Miami, 9 p.m.
\nGame 3: Sun., June 5 in Dallas, 8 p.m.
\nGame 4: Tue., June 7 in Dallas, 9 p.m.
\nGame 5: Thu., June 9 in Dallas, 9 p.m. (if necessary)
\nGame 6: Sun., June 12 in Miami, 8 p.m. (if necessary)
\nGame 7: Tue., June 14 in Miami, 9 p.m. (if necessary)
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\nDallas vs. Miami
\nOdds to win title
\nHeat 3\/5
\nMavericks 7\/4<\/strong><\/p>\nPayback time has arrived for NBA fans who are not fortunate enough to take their mail in the 32963 (South Beach) area code. If you opened the morning paper or turned on SportsCenter between November and April and smiled when you saw that the Heat had lost another game, this is backatya. Because now you have no choice but to deal with these guys on their terms \u2013 as bitter a pill as that might be to swallow.<\/p>\n
The Finals are here, and for Miami haters the only hope remaining lies in the talented 7-foot German body of Dirk Nowitzki, who like LeBron James can be as close to unguardable as there exists on the planet today. Nowitzki will have to maintain his ridiculous level of play for the next two weeks against a python-like Heat defense that has finally broken the code to dominating games in the final minutes of play.<\/p>\n
A Cliff notes look at the series:<\/strong><\/p>\nLeBron James<\/strong><\/p>\nJames gave up a few million (chump change, really) to get a chance to play for a title, and he won\u2019t leave anything on the table. Does he ever get tired? James played all but two minutes in the series-clinching win over the stunned Bulls, and put up these numbers in what was essentially a slow-down game: 28 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. He is absolutely at the top of his game, and he no doubt believes that winning a title will somehow make people forget the way he has acted like a jackass since last year\u2019s playoffs.<\/p>\n
Pat Riley and Mark Cuban<\/strong><\/p>\nDoesn\u2019t it seem like these guys should switch places? Cuban represents the new breed of NBA owner \u2013 email, Tweeting, in the faces of referees. He would be perfect for the Heat. Riley, tie always in place and reeking of old money, should be running the aging Mavericks. Representing an NBA and a fan base uncomfortable now that superstars have found a way to game the system, join forces and make a mockery of leveling influences like the draft and the salary cap. Yet here they are \u2013 Cuban with the old-guard Mavs and Riley with the trendy Heat. Strange.<\/p>\n
Everyone else<\/strong><\/p>\nIt\u2019s also a bit bizarre that Dwyane Wade, perhaps of the 5 best players in the world, has become a bit of an afterthought. He\u2019s still unstoppable at times, but there\u2019s no doubt that he has become Robin to LeBron\u2019s Batman. And Chris Bosh, who has the chops to win a game every now and then, is often left alone as teams do everything they can to stop the Big Two, hoping that Bosh will visit Boshville and throw up a 2-for-14 shooting night. PG Jason Kidd is better than anything the Heat can put on the floor, and Jason Terry (who played PG when the Mavs aged away the 2006 Finals to Miami but is now comfy at the 2) can dominate games at stretches. His 23- and 32-point games against the Lakers in Games 4 and 5 are a main reason LA is sitting out these Finals. ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/banners.betdsi.com\/images\/bball-dsi_250_250_0.gif?cmpid=13386_3699\")
<\/a><\/p>\nThe coaches<\/strong><\/p>\nHas the coaching matchup ever been more irrelevant in Finals than in this one? Rick Carlisle will have a few decisions to make, maybe switching to a zone every now and then to protect Nowitzki from getting into foul trouble or making sure Kidd\u2019s legs don\u2019t collapse. But the offense will run through Nowitzki just about every possession. And Erik Spoelstra, who gets an attaboy or two for keeping the team from imploding during a couple of dark hours in the regular season, knows that to keep drawing checks on the first and 15th of every month, all he has to do is not get too involved and stay out of the way of the players, who basically do whatever pleases them.<\/p>\n
The prediction<\/strong><\/p>\nJames may not, as Scottie Pippen said this week is a statement that made the sphincters of Bulls fans tighten to pinhole size, be a better player than Michael Jordan was. But right now he\u2019s the best player in the NBA, and the way the NBA works, the team with the best player usually wins the series.<\/p>\n
And in case you haven\u2019t noticed, Miami is unbeaten at home in the playoffs and has home-court edge.<\/p>\n
Heat, alas, in 6.<\/p>\n
CLICK HERE FOR THE BEST NBA WEEKLY GAMBLING PICKS!! \u2014><\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\nLawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling expert from Massachusetts.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2011 NBA FINALS Playoff 7 game series between the Dallas Mavericks vs. Miami Heat opens on Monday, here\u2019s the odds to win and our free NBA Series prediction for the 2011 NBA championship playoff matchup\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":32239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[28750,49468,49476,49477,49478,49469,49470,49471,49472,49473,49474,49475,23074,14026,14052,48764,12876,48303],"class_list":["post-38646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-28750","tag-2011-nba-finals-picks","tag-dallas-mavericks-vs-miami-heat-predictions","tag-dallas-vs-miami","tag-dallas-vs-miami-playoff-schedule","tag-free-nba-series-pick","tag-mavericks-heat-lines","tag-mavericks-heat-odds","tag-mavericks-heat-picks","tag-mavericks-heat-predictions","tag-mavericks-vs-heat-series-preview","tag-mavericks-vs-heat","tag-nba-betting-picks","tag-nba-finals","tag-nba-finals-predictions","tag-nba-playoffs-2011","tag-odds-to-win-nba-title","tag-odds-to-win-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38646"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38696,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38646\/revisions\/38696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Game 1: Tue., May 31 in Miami, 9 p.m. <\/strong><\/p>\n NBA FINALS ODDS Payback time has arrived for NBA fans who are not fortunate enough to take their mail in the 32963 (South Beach) area code. If you opened the morning paper or turned on SportsCenter between November and April and smiled when you saw that the Heat had lost another game, this is backatya. Because now you have no choice but to deal with these guys on their terms \u2013 as bitter a pill as that might be to swallow.<\/p>\n The Finals are here, and for Miami haters the only hope remaining lies in the talented 7-foot German body of Dirk Nowitzki, who like LeBron James can be as close to unguardable as there exists on the planet today. Nowitzki will have to maintain his ridiculous level of play for the next two weeks against a python-like Heat defense that has finally broken the code to dominating games in the final minutes of play.<\/p>\n A Cliff notes look at the series:<\/strong><\/p>\n LeBron James<\/strong><\/p>\n James gave up a few million (chump change, really) to get a chance to play for a title, and he won\u2019t leave anything on the table. Does he ever get tired? James played all but two minutes in the series-clinching win over the stunned Bulls, and put up these numbers in what was essentially a slow-down game: 28 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. He is absolutely at the top of his game, and he no doubt believes that winning a title will somehow make people forget the way he has acted like a jackass since last year\u2019s playoffs.<\/p>\n Pat Riley and Mark Cuban<\/strong><\/p>\n Doesn\u2019t it seem like these guys should switch places? Cuban represents the new breed of NBA owner \u2013 email, Tweeting, in the faces of referees. He would be perfect for the Heat. Riley, tie always in place and reeking of old money, should be running the aging Mavericks. Representing an NBA and a fan base uncomfortable now that superstars have found a way to game the system, join forces and make a mockery of leveling influences like the draft and the salary cap. Yet here they are \u2013 Cuban with the old-guard Mavs and Riley with the trendy Heat. Strange.<\/p>\n Everyone else<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s also a bit bizarre that Dwyane Wade, perhaps of the 5 best players in the world, has become a bit of an afterthought. He\u2019s still unstoppable at times, but there\u2019s no doubt that he has become Robin to LeBron\u2019s Batman. And Chris Bosh, who has the chops to win a game every now and then, is often left alone as teams do everything they can to stop the Big Two, hoping that Bosh will visit Boshville and throw up a 2-for-14 shooting night. PG Jason Kidd is better than anything the Heat can put on the floor, and Jason Terry (who played PG when the Mavs aged away the 2006 Finals to Miami but is now comfy at the 2) can dominate games at stretches. His 23- and 32-point games against the Lakers in Games 4 and 5 are a main reason LA is sitting out these Finals. The coaches<\/strong><\/p>\n Has the coaching matchup ever been more irrelevant in Finals than in this one? Rick Carlisle will have a few decisions to make, maybe switching to a zone every now and then to protect Nowitzki from getting into foul trouble or making sure Kidd\u2019s legs don\u2019t collapse. But the offense will run through Nowitzki just about every possession. And Erik Spoelstra, who gets an attaboy or two for keeping the team from imploding during a couple of dark hours in the regular season, knows that to keep drawing checks on the first and 15th of every month, all he has to do is not get too involved and stay out of the way of the players, who basically do whatever pleases them.<\/p>\n The prediction<\/strong><\/p>\n James may not, as Scottie Pippen said this week is a statement that made the sphincters of Bulls fans tighten to pinhole size, be a better player than Michael Jordan was. 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\nGame 2: Thu., June 2 in Miami, 9 p.m.
\nGame 3: Sun., June 5 in Dallas, 8 p.m.
\nGame 4: Tue., June 7 in Dallas, 9 p.m.
\nGame 5: Thu., June 9 in Dallas, 9 p.m. (if necessary)
\nGame 6: Sun., June 12 in Miami, 8 p.m. (if necessary)
\nGame 7: Tue., June 14 in Miami, 9 p.m. (if necessary)
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\nDallas vs. Miami
\nOdds to win title
\nHeat 3\/5
\nMavericks 7\/4<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nCLICK HERE FOR THE BEST NBA WEEKLY GAMBLING PICKS!! \u2014><\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n