The voting’s closed at NBA.com, and MJ’s shot vs the Jazz to win it all in 1998 was voted as the #1 playoff moment of all time.
That’s tough to argue against unless you’re really old. It capped off a legendary career and won the whole freakin’ thing on the opponent’s floor. As great as the shot itself was, the entire sequence was pure Jordan – remember, seconds before, he ripped the ball from Karl Malone on the defensive end.
Here’s the rest – it’s all supposed to be laid out in some special on NBATV this afternoon, although we don’t see it on our TV menu.
Magic fills in at center, Jordan jolts Jazz in Game 6, Reed inspires Knicks to victory, Bird picks Pistons’ pockets, “Havlicek Stole the Ball!”, Greatest game ever?, Mr. Clutch sinks 60-footer, Magic’s junior, junior sky hook, Pettit’s revenge, & “God disguised as Michael Jordan”
We have to admit, we’re too young to have any true appreciation of most of those. Our personal top ten actually all took place in the Cavaliers’ series against the Wiz and the Pis this year, except for when they beat Boston in Bird’s last game back in the early 90s.
This is all our illogical way of saying we’ve decided who we want to win the Finals. So…here’s the rationale:
1) We like Dallas as a team, we like their players, we love Mark Cuban.
2) Logic says that as an Official LeBron Booster, we should be rooting against Dwyane Wade.
3) Watching Dallas defend their title next season will be far, far, far more interesting than watching Miami. While a Mavs victory is the beginning of something great, a Heat win is kind of a “well, we did it.”
4) A Dirk Nowitzki Finals MVP means a lot for the league and again, for next season. It makes for one more true hardcore alpha male, and the more of those the better. Granted, he’s up there without it at this point, in all likelyhood.
Add all of that together, and the answer becomes pretty obvious. See the official endorsement plaque after the jump!
Sorry Dallas – we’ve been trying to swing your way, but our fanship of Shaq seemingly overpowers all other factors.
(Not that we’ll be shattered if the Mavs win.)
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Unless you live in Dallas, rooting against an old, spry, last-stand Shaq is unpossible. And wouldn’t it be awesome to see Wade win one at the start of his career like Magic did? It elevates the whole league if he’s already a defending champion after three years, suddenly he’s in the legend club as opposed to a more boring ‘possible maybe hopeful’ candidate in the hypothetical future.
so predictable cav
I tried – I really did.
Who are those girls?
lesbians are pretty cool. too bad dallas doesn’t have lesbians. jason terry is the best player in the finals.
my moms name is peg… weird… oh well… GO MAVS!
Weird, my mom’s too.
enough with the teenage girls.
I think your letting us in a little too deep………….
why is it that NBA bloggers always seem to think that everyone is up to date on popular television culture? The only television watching I do is NBA. Thats why I read this stuff on the internet instead of watching Sportscenter for an hour just to see one thirty second clip of My team hosting a layup drill on their home floor (blazers, and no im not bitter)
I think Dirk deserves it more then Wade because Wade has more time to achieve a ring. Even if the Heat win that isn’t going to put Wade in a legends club. You don’t just become a legend because you have a ring. There are plenty of legends/hall of famers without rings and just as many regular peeps that have rings but aren’t legends. Wade is a great player but isn’t going to become a Magic Johnson/legend over night because of a victory in the finals.
Still like Mavs in 6.
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