NBA Finals Schedule 2011: Mavericks and Heat Travel Back to Miami for Game 6

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NBA Finals Schedule 2011 Sends Dallas Mavericks Back to Miami to Play Heat in Game 6

The Miami Heat are bringing their talents back to South Beach at least one more time this season.

Game 6, to be played tonight in Miami, could mark the end of an up and down season that began with signings of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh last summer.

There were times when they looked great so far this year, and there were times where they looked like they didn't belong on the court together.

In the process LeBron became one of the most hated athletes we've ever had the pleasure of watching play, and now he's doing himself no favors as he seemingly "shrinks" away from the spotlight that his running mate Dwyane Wade, and opponent, Dirk Nowitzki, seem to thrive in.

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But all the LeBron talk aside, this is now about one team trying to survive to play another day, and a veteran player in search of his first NBA title with a team willing to do anything to help him.

Dirk Nowitzki, if nothing else, deserves this legitimate opportunity for the ring and it is his to lose with only two games remaining.

He's carried the Mavericks on his back during a remarkable playoff run in which they knocked off the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers and held tough against a young, feisty Oklahoma City squad that could be the future in the Western Conference.

Tonight at 8 pm EST on ABC, the Mavericks will take the court in Miami and try to silence the crowd of the most hated team in the league.

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