Welcome to philstar.com's play-by-play coverage of Game 1 of the 2011 NBA Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and the Miamai Heat. Make sure to refresh this page regularly to get the latest updates, which are arranged from bottom to top.
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FOURTH QUARTER
Heat take Game 1, 92-84
End of regulation. Heat win 92-84
40 James delivers a dagger of an alley-oop slam from Wade. Chandler answers back with a jam. Miami 91-89
1:08 Bosh scores on a breakaway dunk to give the Heat the biggest lead of the game at 10. 89-79. Looks like a won game for Miami
1:22 Chalmers make 2 freethrows. Heat 87-79
Dirk hits jumper. Heat 85-77
2:48 James drives strong to the basket for dunk plus foul. Heat 85-75
2:50 Dirk stops bleeding for Mavs, sinks 2 freethrows. 82-75
3:06 Wade uncorks a 3 after blocking Marion in the previous possession. Heat 82-73
3:44 Bosh hits 2 freethrows. Heat 79-73
4:18 Wade hits jumper. Heat 77-70
4:35 Chandler splits his charities. Heat 75-70
6:36 Haslem scores from underneath the basket plus foul. Great pass from Bosh. Haslem scores bonus freethrow. Heat 75-69
8:02 Stevenson hits 3 from the corner. Heat 72-69
Dallas calls for time
8:55 Haslem scores on a jumper from the freethrow line. Heat 70-66.
9:30 Heat turn the ball over; shot clock expires
9:50 Dirk scores on a layup using the left hand. Heat 68-66
10:55 Miller hits 3 on the corner Heat 68-63
THIRD QUARTER
THIRD QUARTER OVER. MIAMI LEADS 65-61
LeBron hits buzzer-beating 3 on the right corner. Miami 65-61
50 James hits 3. Heat regains lead 60-57
1:50 Chandler scores on alley-oop. Mavs 57-57
2:30 James ties the score at 57
3:55 Chalmers misses 3 from corner
4:21 Haywood fouled on the way to basket. Misses both freethrows. Mavs 57-55
4:36 Wade draws blocking foul from Haywood. Hits 2 freethrows. Mavs 57-55
6:10 Wade scores layup. Mavs 55-53
7:20 LeBron nails wide-open three on the corner. Mavs 53-51
8:31 Marion scores layup. Mavs 53-47
9:34 Wade scores layup off a pass from James plus foul. Misses bonus freethrow. Mavs 51-47
Stevenson sinks 3. Miami calls for time. Mavs 51-43
10:28 Dirk sinks jumper on top of the key. Mavs 48-43
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LEADING SCORERS AT THE HALF
Dallas
Nowitzki 13
Terry 12
Marion 7
Miami
Bosh 13
Chalmers 10
James 10
Wade 7
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SECOND QUARTER
SECOND QUARTER OVER. DALLAS LEADS 44-43
Mike Miller misses 3 as time expires
20.7 Chalmers answers back with trey. Mavs 44-43
38.7 Terry hits 3 from corner. Mavs 44-40
59.8 Bosh hits 2 freethrows. Mavs 41-40
1:12 Kidd throws alley-oop pass to Chandler for slam plus foul. Dallas 41-38
2:14 Dirk scores on a fadeaway. Mavs 36-35
3:01 Dirk sinks 3 from corner. Heat 35-34
4:00 Dirk scores 33-31
4:15 Wade hits 3. Heat 33-29
4:44 Marion hits 2 freethrows. Heat 30-29
5:40 Chalmers sinks 3 from the corner. Heat 30-26
6:00 LeBron hits layup off a nice pass. Heat 27-26
6:15 Shawn Marion scores on the post. Dallas 26-25
6:40 Bosh fouled on way to basket off a pick-and-roll play. Splits freethrows. Miami 25-24
6:54 LeBron checks back in for Miami. He has two fouls.
7:42 Wade scores. 24-24
8:08 Barea scores on a layup. Mavs 24-22
8:23 Chalmers splits his charities. Tied 22-22
8:23 Chalmers fouled on the way to the basket. Miami calls for time.
9:06 Dirk fouled on the way to the hoop. Hits 2 freethrows. Mavs 22-21
9:39 Terry misses 3. Wade checks back in for Miami. Heat 21-20
10:16 Mike Miller answers with 3. Heat 21-20
10:41 Terry hits another 3. Mavs 20-18
11:14 Bosh scores. Heat 18-17
11:40: JJ Barea misses floater. Mavs 17-16
FIRST QUARTER
FIRST QUARTER OVER. DALLAS LEADS 17-16
37.3 LeBron gets his second foul, sends Terry to the line. Terry sinks two freethrows to give Dallas the lead 17-16
1:02 Kidd turns the ball over, throws empty pass. Miami 16-15
1:48 Terry hits 3. Peja Stojakovic checks in for Dallas. Miami 16-15
2:04 LeBron hits 3 from corner. Dallas calls for time. Heat 16-12
2:45 Mario Chalmers misses 3. Heat 13-12
3:26 Terry splits freethrows. Heat 13-12
4:00 Kidd sinks 3. Heat 13-11
5:30 James completes 3-point play. Jason Terry checks in for Mavs. Heat 11-5
5:30 James scores off a foul. Miami calls for time. Heat 10-5
6:05 Kidd misses fadeaway vs Mike Bibby. Heat 8-5
7:00 Bosh scores after an offensive rebound. Heat 8-5
7:29 Tyson Chandler draws LeBron's first foul, sinks a freethrow. Heat 6-5
7:35 Jason Kidd misses 3-point attempt. Heat 6-4
8:01 Turnovers hound Dallas
9:00 Bosh scores. 6-4 Heat
9:16 Dirk fouled by Joel Anthony, sinks two freethrows. 4-4
11:00 Dirk hits jumper. 4-2
10:50 LeBron James hits fadeaway jumper. Heat 4-0
Chris Bosh sinks two freethrows. Heat 2-0
Miami wins the tip-off. It's showtime!
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(9:06 am) The Philippine panel covering the finals is composed of former PBA player Jason Webb, and analysts TJ Manotoc and Boom Gonzales.
(9:02 am) The two teams met in the 2006 finals. Four players who saw action in that series will be playing in the current finals: Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry for Dallas, and Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem for Miami.
(8:54 am) Miami will enjoy home-court advantage in this series, thanks to winning their 82nd regular season game against the Toronto Raptors. Miami finished with 58 wins, while Dallas had 57. Had the teams tied, Game 1 of the finals will be played in Dallas because the Mavericks swept the Heat in the regular season.