The NBA Finals are supposed to crown the best basketball team of a certain season. There are teams who just dominate from the beginning of the season and are considered favorites. But there are some teams who pull off massive upsets to win it all. One such upset happened in the year 2011 when Dwyane Wade & Co took on the Dallas Mavericks. A certain Dallas veteran was spotted touching on the topic of the Mavericks’ legendary comeback.

LeBron James left the Cavaliers and joined Miami in 2010. Suddenly, the Miami Heat became the absolute favorites for the NBA Championship. But the basketball outfit in Texas had different plans.

A former NBA player opens up on the classic Heat vs Mavericks Finals

In conversation with Matt Barnes, the former Mavs’ big man gave an interesting perspective on the fabled 2011 Finals. Apparently, the tide of the series changed due to Dwyane Wade‘s antics. Tyson Chandler was one of the major defensive assets for Dirk Nowitzki’s team. The Mavericks went down 2-1 in three games and Chandler revealed how the third game loss was a wake-up call for the Dallas outfit.

Tyson said, “They were whooping us in the second game and we were still almost shell shocked.”

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Chandler added, “What turned the series was when D Wade hit the three by our bench then held it up and walked by our whole bench. Like super disrespectful. But after that, it was like all right wake up. It woke us up.”

It seems the cold blooded move by The Flash rallied the Mavericks bench unit. In Chandler’s words, “It shifted for us at that point.”

The 2012 Defensive Player of the Year opened up on how the game 3 loss and Dwyane Wade’s antics changed the team’s mindset and lead them to win three games in a row. Along the way causing a massive upset and winning Dallas’ first ever championship title.

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Dirk Nowitzki, who stands seven feet tall, lead the charge against the Miami Heat. One might think that Wade and Nowitzki might have bad blood. But that’s not the case as the duo were playing a friendly game of Who’s better?

Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki: rivals to classmates

D-Wade and Dirk Nowitzki who were part of one of the most iconic NBA Finals series were also part of the same Hall of Fame class this year.

The duo played a game of Who’s better? and it seems they did find common ground. From discussing their pre-game rituals to their individual scoring abilities, the two Hall of Famers left no stone unturned.

One might agree that after years of fighting it out on the court it was heartening to see the duo cordial with each other. It’ll be interesting to witness if we’ll ever see Wade and Dirk collaborate in the future or not.

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