2011 NBA Finals

2011 NBA Finals

Team Coach Wins Dallas Mavericks Rick Carlisle 4 Miami Heat Erik Spoelstra 2
Dates	May 31 – June 12
MVP	Dirk Nowitzki[1] (Dallas Mavericks)
Television	ABC & ESPN 3D(U.S.) TSN (Canada) ABS-CBN and Studio 23 (Philippines)
Announcers	Mike Breen, Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy (ABC) Mark Jones, Bruce Bowen (Gms 1-2, 5-6), and Tim Legler (Gms 3-4) (ESPN 3D)
Radio network	ESPN
Announcers	Mike Tirico, Hubie Brown, and Jack Ramsay
Referees
Game 1: Steve Javie, Mike Callahan, Bill Kennedy Game 2: Joe Crawford, Ed Malloy, Ken Mauer Game 3: Dan Crawford, Scott Foster, Derrick Stafford Game 4: Monty McCutchen, Marc Davis, Greg Willard Game 5: Joe Crawford, Mike Callahan, Bill Kennedy Game 6: Steve Javie, Scott Foster, Derrick Stafford
Eastern Finals	Heat defeated Bulls, 4–1
Western Finals	Mavericks defeated Thunder, 4–1

The 2011 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2010–11 season of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks defeated the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat, 4–2, to win their first NBA title. Dallas became the latest NBA team from Texas to win its first title, after the Houston Rockets won back-to-back titles in 1994 and 1995, and the San Antonio Spurs won four NBA Championships in 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007, and a fifth one subsequently in 2014; all three Texas NBA teams have now won at least one NBA Championship. It was also the first time in four years that the Los Angeles Lakers did not make the Finals.

The series was held from May 31 to June 12, 2011. Under the 2–3–2 rotation, the Miami Heat had home-court advantage; the Heat hosted Games 1, 2, and 6, and was set to host a deciding Game 7, had one been necessary. German player Dirk Nowitzki was named the Finals MVP. Nowitzki was the second European to win the award after Tony Parker (2007); he is the first German to win the award.^[2]

Going into the series, the Heat were heavy favorites^[3][4] with their newly acquired stars LeBron James and Chris Bosh along with returning star Dwyane Wade. The series was a rematch of the 2006 NBA Finals, which was won by the Heat in six games after Dallas blew a 2–0 series lead.^[2]

The Dallas Mavericks became the first team in NBA history since the institution of the 2–3–2 format to enter Game 3 tied at one, lose Game 3 and still win the Finals. The previous 11 times this occurred, the Game 3 winner went on to win the series.^[5]

The Dallas Mavericks also became just the 7th team, and the first since 1988, to come back and win the Finals after being down in the series two or more separate times (one game to none, and later two games to one). The previous 6 times this happened, the Finals ended in seven games; Dallas became the first team in NBA history to do it in six games.

ABC averaged a 10.1 rating, 11.7 million households and nearly 17.3 million viewers with the 2011 Finals, according to Nielsen.

Background

Both the Mavericks and Heat made their second appearance in the NBA Finals, the first for both teams being the 2006 NBA Finals. This Finals marked a rematch of the 2006 Finals, won by Miami in six games, after the Mavericks were up 2–0.^[6]

It was also the first time since 2006 that neither the Los Angeles Lakers nor the San Antonio Spurs represented the Western Conference in the Finals and only the second time since 1998, and also the thirteenth consecutive NBA Finals to feature a Western Conference Champion from either the states of California or Texas.

The Mavericks' appearance also meant that three of North America's four major professional sports championships were played in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex in a span of eight months, with the 2010 World Series and Super Bowl XLV both occurring in nearby Arlington.^[7]

The Heat had home-court advantage by virtue of a better regular-season record than the Mavericks. This was only the second time that the Eastern Conference had home court advantage during the Finals since the end of the Michael Jordan era in 1998. It also marks the first time since 1995 that the Eastern Conference team lost in the Finals despite having home court advantage.

The 2011 series marked the first time a Finals match (Game 1) was played in the month of May since 1986.

Among the players from both teams, only Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry of Dallas, and Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem of Miami, appeared in the 2006 series with the same team. Heat center Erick Dampier played for the Mavericks in 2006. Aside from Dampier, Caron Butler, Juwan Howard and Shawn Marion are the only other players who have played for both the Mavericks and Heat. Eddie House, Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, LeBron James and Jason Kidd have appeared in the Finals with different teams, with House (as a member of Boston's 2008 championship team), Wade and Haslem winning a championship ring. Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle won a championship as a reserve for Boston's 1986 championship team making him only the eleventh person in NBA history to win a Finals as both a player and a coach.

Road to the Finals

Dallas Mavericks (Western Conference Champion)		Miami Heat (Eastern Conference Champion)
# Western Conference Team W L PCT GB 1 c-San Antonio Spurs 61 21 .744 – 2 y-Los Angeles Lakers 57 25 .695 4 3 x-Dallas Mavericks 57 25 .695 4 4 y-Oklahoma City Thunder 55 27 .671 6 5 x-Denver Nuggets 50 32 .610 11 6 x-Portland Trail Blazers 48 34 .585 13 7 x-New Orleans Hornets 46 36 .561 15 8 x-Memphis Grizzlies 46 36 .561 15 9 Houston Rockets 43 39 .524 18 10 Phoenix Suns 40 42 .488 21 11 Utah Jazz 39 43 .476 22 12 Golden State Warriors 36 46 .439 25 13 Los Angeles Clippers 32 50 .390 29 14 Sacramento Kings 24 58 .293 37 15 Minnesota Timberwolves 17 65 .207 44 3rd seed in the West, 5th best league record	Regular season		# Eastern Conference Team W L PCT GB 1 z-Chicago Bulls 62 20 .756 – 2 y-Miami Heat 58 24 .707 4 3 y-Boston Celtics 56 26 .683 6 4 x-Orlando Magic 52 30 .634 10 5 x-Atlanta Hawks 44 38 .537 18 6 x-New York Knicks 42 40 .512 20 7 x-Philadelphia 76ers 41 41 .500 21 8 x-Indiana Pacers 37 45 .451 25 9 Milwaukee Bucks 35 47 .427 27 10 Charlotte Bobcats 34 48 .415 28 11 Detroit Pistons 30 52 .366 32 12 New Jersey Nets 24 58 .293 38 13 Washington Wizards 23 59 .280 39 14 Toronto Raptors 22 60 .268 40 15 Cleveland Cavaliers 19 63 .232 43 2nd seed in the East, 3rd best league record
Defeated the (6) Portland Trail Blazers, 4–2	First round		Defeated the (7) Philadelphia 76ers, 4–1
Defeated the (2) Los Angeles Lakers, 4–0	Conference Semifinals		Defeated the (3) Boston Celtics, 4–1
Defeated the (4) Oklahoma City Thunder, 4–1	Conference Finals		Defeated the (1) Chicago Bulls, 4–1

Regular-season series

Series summary

Game	Date	Home team	Result	Road team
Game 1	Tuesday, May 31	Miami Heat	92–84 (1–0)	Dallas Mavericks
Game 2	Thursday, June 2	Miami Heat	93–95 (1–1)	Dallas Mavericks
Game 3	Sunday, June 5	Dallas Mavericks	86–88 (1–2)	Miami Heat
Game 4	Tuesday, June 7	Dallas Mavericks	86–83 (2–2)	Miami Heat
Game 5	Thursday, June 9	Dallas Mavericks	112–103 (3–2)	Miami Heat
Game 6	Sunday, June 12	Miami Heat	95–105 (2–4)	Dallas Mavericks

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).

Game 1

The Heat made only 28.6 percent of their shots during the first quarter, and this low scoring percentage early on left the Mavs with an 8-point lead early into the 3rd quarter. The Heat changed course from this point on, outscoring the Mavs 22–10 and taking a 65–61 lead going into the 4th quarter. Mavs power forward Dirk Nowitzki injured his finger within the last four minutes of the game, but remained in play, wearing a splint to support the torn tendon.^[8] Despite having a below-average performance early in the game, Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade and small forward LeBron James collaborated on both defensive and offensive ends of the court in the fourth quarter, leading the Heat to win Game 1 over the Mavs 92–84.^[9]

Game 2

The Mavs' 15-point comeback was the biggest in an NBA Finals game since the 24-point comeback the Celtics made against the Lakers in Game 4 of the 2008 NBA Finals.^[10] Dirk Nowitzki hit a 3 with 26.7 seconds left to give the Mavericks a 93–90 lead. However, Mario Chalmers tied it with another 3 with 24.5 seconds left when Jason Terry left him wide open. After Jason Kidd ran the clock down, Nowitzki then made a driving layup with his injured left hand with 3.6 seconds left. The Heat had no timeouts left, and Dwyane Wade's potential game-winning 3 hit the back rim at the buzzer as he fell to the ground in an attempt to draw a foul on Nowitzki.^[11] The Mavs win broke the Heat's 9-game home winning streak in the playoffs, costing them a chance to tie the 1996 Bulls' mark of 10 straight. This is the second straight Finals with a 1–1 split after two games, after five straight years with one team leading 2–0 (2005–2009).

Game 3

The Heat led most of the game but the Mavericks fought back from a 14-point deficit. With 39.6 seconds left in the 4th, LeBron James found Chris Bosh for a 20-foot baseline jumper; Dirk Nowitzki had a chance to force OT, but missed a well-defended fadeaway jumper at the buzzer as the Heat handed Dallas another defeat to go up 2–1 in the series.^[12] It was Miami's 6th win in its last 7 NBA Finals games, 4 by 3 points or less.

Game 4

Game 4 was a back-and-forth affair, with 12 lead changes and 15 ties. Miami went up 74–65 early in the fourth quarter on a baseline jumpshot by Udonis Haslem, tallying their largest lead of the game. After a timeout, Dallas answered with 4 straight points by Jason Terry, similar to the 6 straight he scored with Dallas down 15 halfway through the fourth quarter of Game 2. Dallas would take their first lead of the fourth quarter with 5:15 left on a fastbreak layup by Terry. They held the lead for the rest of the game, although Miami cut the lead to 1 twice in the final minute. Up 82–81 with 20 seconds left after Wade missed 1 of 2 free throws, Dirk Nowitzki hit a driving layup with 14.4 seconds left to extend the lead to 3. After a dunk by Wade with 9 seconds left, 2 free throws by Terry pushed the lead back up to 3. With a chance to tie the game with a 3, Wade fumbled the inbounds pass with 6.7 seconds left, only to make a diving save to prevent a backcourt violation. The ball landed in Mike Miller's hands, whose desperation 3 airballed at the buzzer, preserving Dallas's 86–83 win.^[13] LeBron James scored just eight total points in Game 4.

Game 5

After four low-scoring games, Game 5 saw the first time either team would break 100 points in this series. Dallas connected 13 times out of their 19 tries from three-point range. Jason Terry, Jason Kidd, and J.J. Barea combined to make 10 of those 13 made threes. Late in the first quarter, Dwyane Wade ran into Brian Cardinal and had to go to the locker room with a hip injury; he eventually returned and hit a 3 to cap a 9–0 run that put Miami in front 99–95 with less than 5 minutes left in the game. Unhappy with Terry for missing a defensive assignment and setting a poor cross-screen, Mavs coach Rick Carlisle pulled Terry from the game, telling him, "Refocus. I'm putting you right back in."^[14] After less than a minute, Carlisle subbed in Terry and made the crucial decision to run the offense through him for the rest of the game. This move ignited Dallas' offense, leading them on a game-winning 15–3 run in which Terry scored or assisted on 11 points. With Miami leading 100–97, Terry passed to Dirk Nowitzki, who drew a double team and then kicked it back out to Terry for a game-tying 3. Nowitzki then drove baseline on Chris Bosh for a two-handed dunk (assisted by Terry) with 2:44 left in the game to give the Mavs a 102–100 lead they would not relinquish. After LeBron James was called for an offensive foul (Tyson Chandler drew the charge), Terry found Kidd for another wide-open 3 that gave the Mavs a 105–100 lead with 1:26 left. After Chandler blocked Dwyane Wade with 1:04 left, Chris Bosh made 1 of 2 free throws to cut the Mavs' lead to 105–101. On the Mavs' next possession, Terry knocked down a 28-foot 3 with LeBron James closely guarding him to give the Mavs an insurmountable 108–101 lead with 33.3 seconds left. The Mavericks won 112–103 and grabbed a 3–2 series lead going back to Miami.^[15]

Game 6

LeBron James made his first four shots to contribute to the Heat taking a 20–11 lead. The Mavericks went to a zone defense that perplexed Miami and Dallas went on a 21–4 run in a span of 5 ½ minutes. They made 9 of 12 shots during this stretch with DeShawn Stevenson making two 3's in a 24 second duration to give Dallas a 40–28 lead with 9:42 left in the first half. Dallas turned Miami's first six turnovers into 14 points. The Heat then went on a 14–0 run to take a 42–40 lead. With 6:25 left in the half, Stevenson along with Udonis Haslem and Mario Chalmers received technical fouls after a scuffle occurred at midcourt during a timeout. In the second half, James did not score until making a layup with 1:49 remaining in the third. The Mavericks led by nine going into the 4th quarter after Ian Mahinmi hit a buzzer beater to give Dallas an 81–72 lead. The Mavericks took a 12-point lead with 8:12 remaining. With 2:27 left, Nowitzki made a jump shot to help build the Mavericks' insurmountable lead to 99–89. The Mavericks, who led for the final 22 minutes in the game, won their first championship in franchise history.^[16] Nowitzki was named Finals MVP.^[17][18] He had a poor shooting performance in the first half but managed to score 18 points in the second half.^[2][19] When the final buzzer sounded, an emotional Nowitzki went straight to the locker room in tears, although he re-emerged for the trophy presentation.

Statistical leaders

Category	High			Average
	Player	Team	Total	Player	Team	Avg.	Games played
Points	Dwyane Wade	Miami Heat	36	Dwyane Wade	Miami Heat	26.5	6
Rebounds	Tyson Chandler	Dallas Mavericks	16	Dirk Nowitzki	Dallas Mavericks	9.7	6
Assists	Jason Kidd LeBron James	Dallas Mavericks Miami Heat	10	LeBron James	Miami Heat	6.8	6
Steals	Mike Bibby LeBron James	Miami Heat Miami Heat	4	LeBron James	Miami Heat	1.7	6
Blocks	Joel Anthony Brendan Haywood Tyson Chandler Dirk Nowitzki	Miami Heat Dallas Mavericks Dallas Mavericks Dallas Mavericks	3	Dwyane Wade	Miami Heat	1.5	6

Rosters

2011 Dallas Mavericks Finals roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB (Y–M–D) From 1.5 !G 11 PRI ! Barea, Jose Juan style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1984–06–26 Northeastern 1.5 !G 3 FRA ! Beaubois, Rodrigue (IN) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–02–24 France 4.0 !F 13 USA ! Brewer, Corey style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1986–03–05 Florida 4.0 !F 4 USA ! Butler, Caron (IN) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1980–03–13 Connecticut 4.0 !F 35 USA ! Cardinal, Brian style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1977–05–02 Purdue 6.0 !C 6 USA ! Chandler, Tyson style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 85 !7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1982–10–02 Dominguez HS (California) 6.0 !C 33 USA ! Haywood, Brendan style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 263 lb (119 kg) 1979–11–27 North Carolina 1.5 !G 20 USA ! Jones, Dominique (IN) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1988–10–15 South Florida 1.5 !G 2 USA ! Kidd, Jason (C) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1973–03–23 California 6.0 !C 28 FRA ! Mahinmi, Ian style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1986–11–05 France 4.0 !F 0 USA ! Marion, Shawn style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1978–05–07 UNLV 4.0 !F 41 GER ! Nowitzki, Dirk (C) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1978–06–19 Germany 1.5 !G 92 USA ! Stevenson, DeShawn style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1981–04–03 Washington Union HS (California) 4.0 !F 16 SRB ! Stojaković, Peja style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 229 lb (104 kg) 1977–06–09 Serbia 1.5 !G 31 USA ! Terry, Jason style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1977–09–15 Arizona	Head coach Rick Carlisle (Virginia) Assistant coach(es) Terry Stotts (Oklahoma) Dwane Casey (Kentucky) Darrell Armstrong (Fayetteville State) Monte Mathis (Toledo) Robert Hackett (Wisconsin) Athletic trainer(s) Casey Smith (Arizona State) Strength and conditioning coach(es) Robert Hackett (Wisconsin) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

2011 Miami Heat Finals roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB (Y–M–D) From 6.0 !C 50 CAN ! Anthony, Joel style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1982–08–09 UNLV 1.5 !G 0 USA ! Bibby, Mike style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1978–05–13 Arizona 4.0 !F 1 USA ! Bosh, Chris style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1984–03–24 Georgia Tech 1.5 !G 15 USA ! Chalmers, Mario style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1986–05–19 Kansas 6.0 !C 25 USA ! Dampier, Erick (IN) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1975–07–14 Mississippi State 4.0 !F 40 USA ! Haslem, Udonis style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1980–06–09 Florida 1.5 !G 55 USA ! House, Eddie style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1978–05–14 Arizona State 4.0 !F 5 USA ! Howard, Juwan style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 253 lb (115 kg) 1973–02–07 Michigan 6.0 !C 11 Lithuania ! Ilgauskas, Žydrūnas style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 87 !7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1975–06–05 Lithuania 4.0 !F 6 USA ! James, LeBron style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1984-12-30 St. Vincent – St. Mary High School 4.0 !F 22 USA ! Jones, James style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1980–10–04 Miami (FL) 6.0 !C 21 CAN ! Magloire, Jamaal (IN) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1978–05–21 Kentucky 4.0 !F 13 USA ! Miller, Mike style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1980–02–19 Florida 6.0 !C 45 USA ! Pittman, Dexter (IN) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 290 lb (132 kg) 1988–03–02 Texas 1.5 !G 3 USA ! Wade, Dwyane (C) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1982–01–17 Marquette	Head coach Erik Spoelstra (Portland) Assistant coach(es) Bob McAdoo (North Carolina) Keith Askins (Alabama) Ron Rothstein (Rhode Island) David Fizdale (San Diego) Chad Kammerer (Westmont) Octavio De La Grana (Liberty) Athletic trainer(s) Jay Sabol (Florida International) Strength and conditioning coach(es) Bill Foran (Central Michigan) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Broadcast notes

The Finals were originally projected to begin on Thursday June 9, but (along with the entire NBA schedule) were pushed up ahead one week to Thursday June 2 due to negotiations on an impending league-wide lockout at the end of the season.^[20] They were again pushed ahead to a start date of May 31 as both conference finals series ended in five games.

This series marked the first time since 2002 (or the last game of the NBA's coverage on NBC) that the NBA Finals ended before the NHL's Stanley Cup Finals.

Game	Ratings (households)	Share (households)	American audience (in millions)
1[21]	9.0	15	15.171
2[21]	9.3	16	15.522
3[21]	9.1	15	15.338
4[22]	9.6	16	16.126
5[22]	10.8	19	18.318
6[22]	13.3	22	23.880

The Finals were televised in the United States through ABC, with Mike Breen, Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy as announcers. Doris Burke was the sideline reporter, while Stuart Scott hosted the championship presentation. Scott also hosted the pre-game and halftime shows along with Jon Barry, Michael Wilbon and Magic Johnson. ESPN Radio aired the Finals nationally on radio, with Mike Tirico, Hubie Brown and Jack Ramsay announcing.

Aftermath

Weeks after the NBA Finals ended, the league went to a lockout after the expiration of the previous collective bargaining agreement on July 1. The lockout would last until December 8, after which the league played an abbreviated 66-game season beginning December 25.

On Opening Day, the Heat beat the Mavericks 105–94 in Dallas, on the afternoon the Mavericks raised their championship banner. Dallas fielded a virtually different team from the previous year, letting free agents Tyson Chandler, JJ Barea, Caron Butler and DeShawn Stevenson go. The Mavericks struggled with their makeshift lineup, which included Lamar Odom and Vince Carter, finishing with 36 wins. Like the Heat in 2007, the seventh-seeded Mavericks were swept in the first round of the playoffs, courtesy of the Oklahoma City Thunder, who went on to make the 2012 NBA Finals.

The Heat would maintain the momentum of their opening day win, starting the season with five straight wins, before finishing second in the Eastern Conference with 46 wins. The Heat returned to the Finals by beating the New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics in five, six, and seven games respectively. After losing Game 1 to the Thunder, the Heat would win four straight games to capture their second NBA championship.

After the Mavericks got swept by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the 2012 NBA playoffs, Dallas Mavericks point guard from their NBA championship season (Jason Kidd) went to the New York Knicks where he played with them for one season. After losing in the conference semifinals of the 2013 NBA playoffs to the Indiana Pacers, Jason Kidd announced that he would retire. The announcement came two days after his fellow 1995 NBA Rookie of the Year (Grant Hill) retired. One week later, Jason Kidd became the head coach for the Brooklyn Nets (his former team).

References

External links

• Official website of the 2011 NBA Finals
• 2011 NBA Finals at ESPN
• 2011 NBA Finals at Basketball-Reference.com

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