Who Won the NBA Championship in 2011?
The Dallas Mavericks won the NBA Championship in 2011.
The Dallas Mavericks
The Dallas Mavericks are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the American Airlines Center, which it shares with the National Hockey League’s Dallas Stars.
The Mavericks were founded in 1980 as an expansion team, and won three division titles (1987, 2005, 2006) and two conference championships (2010, 2011). As a result, they have appeared in the NBA Finals a total of six times (1986, 1987, 1988, 2006, 2010, 2011), winning the championship once, in 2011.
The Miami Heat
The Miami Heat won the NBA Championship in 2011. Led by superstars LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, the Heat defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in five games to claim their second title in franchise history. The victory was a vindication for James, who had been heavily criticized for leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers to join the Heat in 2010.
The Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They play in the Pacific Division of the NBA’s Western Conference. The franchise began with the 1947 purchase of a disbanded team, the Detroit Gems of the National Basketball League (NBL). The Lakers have won 16 NBA championships, their last being in 2010.
