News from June 12. San Antonio announced that strength and conditioning coach Mike Brungardt retired. He had been with the team since 1994. Dal 105, Mia 95 at Mia Shawn Marion (Dal) had 12 points and 8 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 21 points including 9-27 FG and 1-7 3-pointers and 11 rebounds. J.J. Barea (Dal) had 15 points and 5 assists. Jason Terry (Dal) had 27 points including 11-16 FG. Jason Kidd (Dal) had 9 points and 8 assists. LeBron James (Mia) had 21 points including 9-15 FG, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. Chris Bosh (Mia) had 19 points including 7-9 FG and 8 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 17 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 18 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Dallas takes the series 4-2 and are the 2011 NBA Champions!!! MVP of the Finals: Dirk Nowitzki Playoff Standings 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) (Best of 7) 1 SA (2) ____ 8 Mem (4) |_ 8 Memphis (3) _ _ 4 Oklahoma City (4) | 4 OKC (4) ___| |_ 4 Oklahoma City (1) _ 5 Den (1) _ 3 Dallas (4) | | | 2 LAL (4) ___ | | 7 NO (2) |_ 2 LA Lakers (0) _____| | _ 3 Dallas (4) | 3 Dal (4) ___| | 6 Por (2) |_ 3 Dallas (4) _ 2 Miami (2) | 1 Chi (4) ___ | 8 Ind (1) |_ 1 Chicago (4) _______ | _ 5 Atlanta (2) | | 4 Orl (2) ___| | | 5 Atl (4) |_ 1 Chicago (1) _______| _ 2 Miami (4) 2 Mia (4) __ | 7 Phi (1) |_ 2 Miami (4) ________| _ 3 Boston (1) 3 Bos (4) ___| 6 NY (0) Thus ends the 2010-11 season. As such, these NBA daily news reports will occur only when NBA news occurs (or when I get back from vacation (and I do have another long trip planned)). The NBA draft is June 23. The lockout will likely start July 1 (they've already cancelled summer league play and look for it to be a long lockout). So have a great summer! And Go Mavs!!!! patricia ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html