In 2006......it was SHAQ and WADE COUNTY........Who will it be in 2011?........NOWITZKI and KIDD....or....KING JAMES n WADE COUNTY....2011 NBA FINALS

The 2011 NBA Finals are about to begin and there are some interesting story lines up to GAME TIME. Can DIRK and JET TERRY make amends for the 2006 Finals where they were up 2-0 on WADE and the SHAQ led HEAT only to lose 4 straight and the series 4-2?

Did King JAMES and Bosh SPICE make the correct move in coming to South Beach to join WADE COUNTY and get BANNERS?

Can Mark CUBAN and his Franchise finally cash in on the big one that has been eluding them since 2006?

HEAT Owner MICKEY ARISON gave Pat RILEY the Check BOOK and in turn can the HEAT win Multiple CHAMPIONSHIPS starting this Season?

If the MAVS win can they be bigger than that STAR in DALLAS that always seems to get the credit for being AMERICA'S Team?.....Heck THE 'BOYS might not even be DALLAS' Team.

And let the CHESS Match begin.........Coach SPO vs Coach CARLISLE..........Pick your poison.......Who Guards DIRK?.......Whose got WADE?.......Do we run a Double Team at KING JAMES?.......Can the HEAT Bench out play the MAVS Bench?........Which Coach will make the Key Adjustments as the Series moves on?

Welcome to the 2010-2011 NBA Finals Preview...........@BLUEDUDESPORTSTALK...TALE OF THE TAPE:

MIAMI HEAT 58-24 Regular Season

2011 Eastern Conference Champs 12-3

Playoff Round by Round

1st Miami 4-1 vs SIXERS
SEMIS Miami 4-1 vs GREEN TEAM
Conf FINALS Miami 4-1 vs BULLS

2011 PLAYOFF RUN through Eastern Conference FINALS: The HEAT have been steadily improving and may have had there toughest challenge early on with Doug Collins and his SIXERS. The HEAT have dominated when needed and WADE COUNTY and KING JAMES have been what We though they would be in WINNING TIME.......EXCELLENT CLOSERS

The CELTICS Series showed the AGE of the GREEN TEAM and the Beginning of what the HEAT will become as WADE and KING JAMES just dominated from end to end. The ONLY real factor vs the HEAT was Rajon RONDO and when KING JAMES was guarding him......all bets were off for the C'S.

The BULLS Series was a surprise for all of us in a sense that the BULLS dominated the HEAT in the Regular Season but what the saying in the NBA as far as the Regular Season to the PLAYOFFS........It's whole new season. And after Game 1 the HEAT and KING JAMES just dominated as Coach SPO and RILEY and STAFF just made adjustment after adjustment and Bulls Coach THIBS was dumbfounded after GAME 1.

FINALS OUTLOOK: The HEAT have been on a Roll and what's scary is everyone knows their roll.......including the TRAINER. The MAVERICKS were 2-0 vs the HEAT during the Regular Season but that means nothing. The "DIGGLER" Dirk NOWITZKI has been on a mission but so have the SOUTH BEACH 3.

The HEAT must make the others involved BEAT THEM DIRK cannot have 40 point outburst and JET TERRY, J KIDD, and the rest of the Supporting Cast get theirs also. Look for the HEAT to RUN KING JAMES at DIRK and HASLEM as well as the ageless one in Juwan HOWARD.

As far as the HEAT go......Offensively they need to get in transition and use their smothering Defense for their Offense. KING JAMES and WADE COUNTY have done their thing but Chris Bosh aka BOSH SPICE......has had a very good playoff run in his own right and will be motivated playing his hometown team.

DALLAS MAVERICKS 57-25 Regular Season

2011 Western Conference Champions 12-3 including a Sweep 4-0 of the LA LAKERS

Playoffs Round by Round

1st Dallas 4-2 vs BLAZERS
SEMIS Dallas 4-0 vs LAKESHOW
Conf FINALS 4-1 vs THUNDER

2011 Playoff Run through the Western Conference FINALS: The MAVERICKS may have had their hardest struggles to date with their 1st Round Opponent the Portland TRAILBLAZERS. The BLAZERS gave the MAVS fits because of their Versatility, Athleticism, and Length. Wes MATHEWS jr, BROY7, LaMarcus ALDRIDGE, BATUM, FERNANDEZ, and Coach McMILLAN had the MAVS figured out and matched up very well with them.

The Semi's was a wash and many thought it would be a WASH the other way but the MAVERICKS surprised everyone but themselves on their way to an impressive SWEEP 4-0 over the 2-time Defending World Champion LA LAKERS.

The MAVS used their Spread Offense Isolating DIRK with SHOOTERS everywhere so if the LAKESHOW DOUBLED ...they PAID and boy did they pay dearly. The LAKERS looked as though they were reaching for that proverbial SWITCH they usually have in the PLAYOFFS to turn on and vault them into the FINALS......it never happened.

The THUNDER posed a couple of problem to the MAVS....YOUTH and ATHLETICISM. But the THE MAVS had the KEY INGREDIENT......EXPERIENCE and down the STRETCH it showed late in GAMES as the Youthful THUNDER had all kinds of Problems CLOSING the DOOR on the MAVS or sustaining LEADS in key moments of the GAMES. And of Course you put EXPERIENCE with the BEST PLAYER in the 2011 NBA PLAYOFFS to date together in the "DIGGLER" Dirk NOWITZKI.....GAME......SET......MATCH......MAVS.

FINALS OUTLOOK: The MAVS have played their way through a Couple of STYLES in the BLAZERS and the THUNDER that they will see in the HEAT.........ATHLETIC.......and LONG.....the only difference in these GAMES will be that those 2 Teams don't have WADE COUNTY and KING JAMES.

The MAVS have to stick to what got them HERE.......ISO DIRK.....or put him in a 2- Man Game with JET TERRY or J KIDD........Spread the FLOOR out with SHOOTERS and make the HEAT make the proper adjustments to counter the MAVS.

The BENCH led by JJ BEREA, Brendan HAYWOOD, JET TERRY, and Peja STOJAKOVIC......will be huge and if they keep bringing that same firepower to this series like the OTHERS.......HEAT BENCH and TEAM will be in trouble.

DEFENSIVELY the MAVS have to keep the HEAT out of Transition which is going to be tough since the MAVS are a Jump-Shooting TEAM. The MAVS also have to KEEP the HEAT off the Free Throw Line and the Free Throw Edge they had all though the Eastern Conference PLAYOFFS paid BIG DIVIDENDS for the HEAT.

WINNER: It is a tough call.......but both Coaches are very well prepared an they have SUPERSTARS with the MAVS having A Veteran-Laden Team and Guys like DIRK, JKIDD, JET TERRY, the MATRIX, and owner MArk CUBAN Salivating at this Opportunity........this FINALS will be too hard to pass up fo the MAVS and the MAVS will WIN in BIG D Game 6 and the SREIES 4-2.

The HEAT will make a SERIES of it but the KEY GAME will be in 305 with the FINALS FORMAT 2-3-2....and if the MAVS get 1 of those GAMES....it will be tough for the HEAT to OVERCOME.