Who Won the 2006 NBA Finals?

On June 19, 2006, the Miami Heat won the 2006 NBA Finals. The Finals were played between the Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavericks.

The 2006 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA)’s

The 2006 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA)’s 2005–06 season, and the culmination of the season’s playoffs. The Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks played the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat, with the Mavericks winning the series four games to two to capture their first NBA championship. Dwyane Wade of the Heat was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the series.

The 2006 Finals were notable because they were just the second time in NBA history that two teams met in consecutive NBA Finals (the other being when Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls defeated Charles Barkley’s Phoenix Suns in 1993 and 1994). Also, this was only fifth time that two teams from the same conference met in back-to-back Finals, and just the second time since 1971 that no team from either Los Angeles or Boston reached the NBA Finals.

2005–06 season.

The 2006 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA)’s 2005–06 season, and the conclusion of the season’s playoffs. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks and the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat. This was Miami’s first appearance in the NBA Finals. The Heat swept the Mavericks 4 games to 0, becoming the third team—after the 1969 Boston Celtics and 1977 Portland Trail Blazers—to win an NBA championship by winning four games without losing a game in the Finals, and the first since the commencing of the 2-3-2 format in 1987. Dwyane Wade of Miami was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of both the regular season and finals.

The Dallas Mavericks were 14th in franchise history, two years removed from missing out on qualifying for the playoffs altogether. However, that season saw marked improvement from Dallas who finished with a 60–22 record. The Mavericks took control of first place in their division for good with a 13–2 stretch run to end their season; as a result, they had home court advantage throughout their playoff run en route to their first Finals appearance. In addition, all five starters for Dallas (Dirk Nowitzki, Josh Howard, Jerry Stackhouse, Devin Harris and Erick Dampier) were selected to appear in that year’s All-Star Game; Nowitzki also led his team to victory while being named game MVP.

In contrast to Dallas’s young core group of talent surrounding Nowitzki, Wade and Shaquille O’Neal led a veteran starting lineup for Miami who were playing together for almost four years by this point; as a result, expectations were much higher than they had been during previous seasons when they failed to make it past conference semifinal playoff rounds despite having all three players healthy together on each occasion since their formation as teammates in July 2004. Also, compared to most previous NBA champions whose success was attributed largely due to having at least one future Hall of Famer on their squad (such as Magic Johnson or Michael Jordan), Wade was recognized as being apart from that category as he had yet to be named All-NBA First Team up until this point; his fellow starting players O’Neal and Antoine Walker had both accomplished that feat several times earlier in their careers (10 times for O’Neal).

The Miami Heat won the title in six games over the Dallas Mavericks, becoming the first team in NBA

The Miami Heat won the title in six games over the Dallas Mavericks, becoming the first team in NBA history to win a championship after trailing in three separate playoff series. Dwyane Wade was named the Finals MVP, averaging 34.7 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.7 steals per game in the series.

history to win a championship after trailing in three playoff series.

The Miami Heat won the 2006 NBA Finals, becoming the first team in NBA history to win a championship after trailing in three playoff series. The Heat defeated the Dallas Mavericks 4-2 in the best-of-seven series, winning their first NBA Championship. Shaquille O’Neal was named Finals MVP.

Dwyane Wade of the Heat was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the series.

In the 2006 NBA Finals, the Miami Heat defeated the Dallas Mavericks in six games to win their first NBA Championship. Dwyane Wade of the Heat was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the series. This was the Heat’s fourth appearance in the NBA Finals and first since losing to the San Antonio Spurs in 1997. The Mavericks made their sixth appearance in the NBA Finals and were looking to win their first ever NBA Championship.