MIAMI — With 29 seconds left in the N.B.A. season, Dirk Nowitzki drove past LeBron James for a layup that brought a blissful Dallas bench to its feet. For Nowitzki, the face of the Mavericks franchise, Game 6 of the finals followed the same arc as his career.
His play in the first three quarters invited criticism. But in the fourth quarter, he offered proof that it isn’t how you start that matters but how you finish. Nowitzki scored 10 of his 21 points in the final 12 minutes to lead the Mavericks to a title-clinching 105-95 victory against the Heat. [ FULL STORY ]
