June 12 2000 Derek Harper resigned as vice president of business relations. He had held that position since 1/31/00. 2011 Activated Brendan Haywood and placed Rodrigue Beaubois on IL. Haywood was on IL for 3 days (1 game) with a strained right hip flexor. 2011 In the 2011 NBA Finals, Dallas defeated Miami 105-95 take the series 4-2 and win the NBA Championship! It was Dallas' first ever Championship. 2011 Dirk Nowitzki was named as the MVP of the Finals. Games Record: 1-0 (home: 0-0, road: 1-0) Playoffs Score Dallas Dallas High Opponent Year WL Opponent Dal-Opp Margin High Scorer Rebounder High Scorer 2011 W @Miami 105-95 +10 JTerry 27 DNowitzki 11 LJames 21 Miami made a lineup change in starting Mario Chalmers instead of Mike Bibby (and Bibby ended up not playing in the game after staring in the first 5 games). Dallas held an 81-72 lead entering the 4th quarter. Miami scored the first 5 points of the quarter, but Dallas then scored the next 8 points and Miami would get no closer than 7 points the rest of the way. Miami had 17 turnovers off of which Dallas scored 27 points (while Dallas had 14 turnovers off of which Miami scored 10 points). Dallas shot 12-18 FT and Mia shot 20-33 FT. Jason Terry had 27 points including 11-16 FG, Dirk Nowitzki had 21 points including 9-27 FG and 1-7 3-pointers and 11 rebounds, J.J. Barea had 15 points and 5 assists, Shawn Marion had 12 points and 8 rebounds, and Jason Kidd had 9 points and 8 assists. LeBron James (Mia) had 21 points including 9-15 FG and 6 assists, Chris Bosh (Mia) had 19 points and 8 rebounds, Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 18 points and 7 assists, and Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. Game #6, Dallas won series 4-2