Update: 2006 NBA Finals

The Miami Heat have dug themselves into a hole. Down 2-0 in the Finals, they will try to redeem themselves, to pull themselves out of this pit, this...nightmare they have fallen into. The Shaq Attack was crushed last night, as Erick Dampier, a beast on defense, shut down O'Neal. And, Dampier, who normally averages single digits in scoring, scored more last night than Shaquille O'Neal. Wow.

Last night, Sunday to be exact, the Dallas Mavericks rebounded from a 2nd quarter deficit to win by 14 points. And at one point, they were winning by 27.

But, the X Factor was neither Dampier, Nowitzki, nor even Jason Terry. No, it was the old warrior, the 13 year veteran, the 32 year old Jerry Stackhouse. He scored the last 10 points of the second half, including a 4 point play, to put the Mavericks up by 14, the total amount they won by. He hit 3 three pointers during that run, and the one that brought down the house was the 4 point play, as follows:

5 seconds on the shot clock, 8 seconds in the half, Devon Harris with the ball. Harris drives to the baseline, gets caught in traffic, looks to his right, and there's Stackhouse working into position on the wing, Harris passes through the defenders to Stackhouse, 1 second on the shot clock, J-Stack goes up, shoots..... HE SCORES!!!!!!!! And a FOUL!!!!!! and the crowd goes NUTS!!! He makes the shot, and the half ends with a Dwayne Wade desperation shot the caroms off the basket.

So there you have it, I'm still for the Heat, but then, my other favorite is the Mavericks, so I don't care who wins. This could be Stackhouse's last season, as well as Shaq's. So, I say good luck to both. I'M OUT.