QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 11:11 PM)
Blame your coach. He lost control of his team, he let them stop playing late in game 3, he refused to force them to attack the basket, and he drew up the worst play of all time at the end of game 3. Avery will be a great coach, but he got pantsed by Riles in this series and it may have cost Dallas a ring. But the Mavs (unlike Miami), are young, will learn, and will be back.
You never know if it's going to be your last chance, who knows with Dallas. You can always expect them to be back but when you're up 2-0 and lose 4 straight, that's going to linger on. Whether Dallas uses that as motivation or gets hurt by it we'll find out but they needed to take care of business and didn't.
Shaq just said Riley is the best coach he's ever played for.
QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 11:12 PM)
Bleh. Payton getting a ring sucks since he was one of the Jordan era failures, so that sucks, but there have been far bigger douches than Williams and Walker to get rings.
Too bad Stockton, Malone, and Hornacek never got a ring. Stockton was more deserving and almost anyone that has never gotten one. But why would it matter now that Payton got a ring? It doesn't make Jordan seem any weaker.