Jason Kidd NBA Finals Game 5 Open Thread

by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 9, 2011 5:30 PM PDT in Bears in the Pros

This is it. Two more wins from a title. Jason Kidd, Dirk Nowitzki, the Dallas Mavericks pretty much need to win tonight at home to keep their hopes of an NBA championship alive. Otherwise, they must face the daunting task of winning Games 6 & 7 on the road in Miami. The Heat are battered and bruised, and LeBron James is almost sure to bounce back from his peculiar Game 4 performance. Dallas will have to find a way to scrape another game out.

Kidd has done a good job defending Dwyane Wade and James at various points in this series, but how much longer can he hold up against two of the best wing players the league has had to offer? His offensive game is wearing out, and the one day of rest he managed cannot possibly help his situation. Here's hoping he has anything left to make this a 3-2 Mavs lead going back to South Beach.

GO BEARS!

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This Brian Cardinal vs. Juwan Howard duel is shaping up to be one for the ages.

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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 9, 2011 6:39 PM PDT reply actions

The Janitor!

by LeonPowe on Jun 9, 2011 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Kidd numbers; 5 points, 4 assists, 3 turnovers, 2 steals, 1 rebound

At least it’s sequential.

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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 9, 2011 7:20 PM PDT reply actions

Where does 1 win fit in all of this?

cal: 5 - 1 - 2 lad: 6 lal: 16 cfc: 4 lag: 1 - 2 gbp: 13
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by CalLadLal on Jun 9, 2011 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Kidd with another big three

Straight pass inside to Tyson Chandler for the finish. Mavs up by 9. Can they hold on?

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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 9, 2011 7:52 PM PDT reply actions

Ruh-roh

RUH ROH.

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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 9, 2011 8:28 PM PDT reply actions

J-KIDD!!!!

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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 9, 2011 8:36 PM PDT reply actions

That was sick.

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by BearStage on Jun 9, 2011 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Which play was this?

no bear, no care

by EchoOfSilence on Jun 9, 2011 8:48 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

J-Kidd nailed a clutch 3. Defense had left him alone and the Mavs got the ball to him – he knew what to do with it.

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by BearStage on Jun 9, 2011 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Kidd is clutch at the line. Reminds me of how he closed out Duke.

Old Toothwrangler

by Kodiak on Jun 9, 2011 8:44 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

I would like to report a murder!

Jason Terry just STABBED Miami in the heart with a dagger from beyond the arc!

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by BearStage on Jun 9, 2011 8:44 PM PDT reply actions

I hate Jason Terry. But that basket was HUGE.

Now I switch rooting interest in game 6.

by LeonPowe on Jun 9, 2011 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions

I still want Dirk to win a ring. Sticking with Dallas.

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by BearStage on Jun 9, 2011 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions

I want 7 games.

by LeonPowe on Jun 9, 2011 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Lamond Murray disapproves of this.

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