Relive the 2011 NBA Finals as Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks capture the NBA championship!
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Thunder had youth... lakers had experience... heat had youth and experience... Mavs had German Jesus
You don’t talk trash to German Jesus
Kinda funny that Bron and wade thought they could get into Dirk's head like that
@@calvindarling9309 but just got into there own head that's why LeBron scored 8 points
and a lot of luck that heat were still dysfunctional half the time and lebron had his worst playoffs series
I love that german jesus🏀
Too bad this Finals is viewed as Lebron’s failure and not Dirk’s achievement.... Dirk is a top 15 Player Of All Time
Because Bron's fans are forcing their queen to be the goat and this series is to remind them she was not 🤣
@@cjjamsessions8985 she ll never be the goat :)
@@cjjamsessions8985 she? U bitch ashole
@@jph5913 you mad? Haha
@@cjjamsessions8985 im not mad u fking bastard im just hate haters like u
Put some respek on the 2011 Mavericks They beat LaMarcus Aldridge, Gerald Wallace, Brandon Roy, Kobe Bryant, Paul Gasol, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, James Harden, LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh
The 2016 Cavs beat Andre Drummond, Reggie Jackson, Marcus Morris, Dennis Schroder, Al Horford, Jeff Teague, Demar derozan, Kyle Lowry, Bismack Biyombo, Klay Thompson, Steph Curry and Andre Iguodala with a strained back...
All bums minus Kobe rip
@@Morlich209 all bums too
that is a bit too much, russ and harden were not what they are, and neither was gerald wallace
HOW BOUT 2008 CELTICS BIT H
When I watched LeBron and Wade coughing imitating Nowitzki, I thought, please Dirk, kick their asses. And he did 😁
black people laughing on white guy..WTF
Well Miami beat itself...
But lebron is so well mannered, so unselfish rofl.
DsLmaNiaC Right lolol
@@DsLmaNiaC That scene proved otherwise at that time
That Mavs championship might be the most valuable ring in NBA history. The amount of superteams they cruised through that year was insane
Hello Xavier!!
Hello Xavier
Glad Jason Terry, Tyson Chandler, Kidd, JJ, Marion and German Jesus Dirk got the ring
Along with Kidd and Marion - well deserved!
@@joesyoutlaw3938 Don't forget Peja
Stfu
German Jesus is now what Im gonna call him
@@chrisfergus3787 pejaand kid averrage only couple points they was in decline
One of the GOAT title runs, Dirk was on a mission
Fingering Things ✔️, yeah, especially after losing to the 8th seated warriors!!
*The GOAT title run
if he lost, he wouldve never gotten a ring
3 and 6 not goatish stuff.
The best playoff run in history bar none. My Mavs had no damn business beating the teams they did. But Dirk has a point to prove.
this finals is so underrated. Dirk led an all-starless team (besides dirk himself) to beat one of the greatest teams of all time
Tyson and jason kidd are all stars.
@@abigailparaan9093 They weren't all stars that season
@@abigailparaan9093 past their primes
It’s underrated cuz LBJ fans don’t wanna think about this one
Abigail paraan Kidd was 38, and Chandler wasn’t an All-Star until 2 years after this.
Dirk dominated the big 3 of Miami. Best championship win ever.
Dirk swept phil Jackson Kobe Pau beat Durant Westbrook Harden Lebron Wade Bosh
I'd put them 2 behind 2016, coming back 3-1 to a 73-9 team tops what the Mavericks did imo.
Dark Shadow but 2016 was really only about the finals, the mavs had huge challenges every round
“Dark Shadow” that 2016 finals run was overrated and Steph wasn’t even healthy what the Mavs did in 2011 is far more impressive than what the Cavs did that year.
@@semionjohnson1351 it was a one point game and if the warriors had won you wouldn't make excuses
Finally dirk gets some recognition! One of the best- didn’t need a super team to do it
William. Kuprecht I mean this Dallas team and the 2014 spurs literally did not miss as a collective, it wasn’t one player of a couple of players in particular that played exceptionally well, it was a team effort.
Ballers Hub. Bro no one actually cares, stop self promoting
In fact most of the ages of this Dallas team are 30+ and its so impressive
Wachu talkin about? Not to take anything away from Dirk, but Dallas was stacked.
@@jamesambrocio stacked by 30 year olds in their twilight years
That was the greatest playoff run that i have seen in my lifetime..and i was born in 76`. The Mavs were underdogs in every round, but Dirk beat them all. A talented Portland team, 3 future Hall of Famers with OKC, the reigning 2 time champion Lakers. And in the end, he beat that arrogant and bigheaded Heat team. Lebron and Dwayne laughed at him. And he beat them with pure class. Loved it..!
They weren’t the underdogs against the blazers, but the other series they were the underdogs
@@Comparizooons When i remember correctly, they weren`t favorites either, most experts didn`t believe the Mavs would even win that series. Detroit was the only other nobody expected to wind the title. That run in 2004 was also pretty impressive and special..
@@Comparizooons alot of people predicted the blazers to win. Only Vegas had the Mavs winning . Other then that round , Mavs were underdogs from media and Vegas
If the Mavs. stayed intact the following seasons they could have won 1 or two championship.
BIG FACTS
This should be episode 11 of "The Last Dance"
episode 2 of the Last Excuse
Episode 1 of "The last flop" documentary.
@@ansarmaskenov5284 "a flopumentary"
@@sticky-fingers Episode three of 'The Many Chokes'.
Agreed
24:05 . nowitzki: fever game, tongue out. ive seen that one before
@Michael Shing Lam Chen HEY I DIDNT KNOW THAT FACT QUITE YET WHEN MAKING THE COMMENT HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING MICHAEL
Mj
@@FreeziingFlame bruhhh😭
And it didnt end well to the opposing team.
Dirk Nowitzki one of this generations most under appreciated player!!!
Dirk is not underappreciated. Maybe by kids under 18 right now. But dirk is a known legend and hall of famer. Never heard of dirk as being underrated. I mean his nickname is german jesus ffs
I remember my favorite meme from the results of this series being: "Damn, I guess Dirk Nowitzki took his talents to South Beach too".
I don’t think you understand what a meme is mate
And this ladies and gentlemen is what you call deserving of a ring
Dirk put his blood, sweat, and tears during this playoffs. He earned that championship, will always be respected by hoop fans. #GoodTimes
most satisfying NBA finals of all time! Thank you Dirk, Marion, Kidd, Jet, Tyson, JJ
@Aarav . 100 years ago he did mention it. He's the jet.
I think you should also mention Peja and Stevenson. I remember they played okay
Stevenson Too And Peja
The belief n his team that Terry showed getting the championship trophy tatted on his arm is RAW
To all people downplayings Dirk run here are either drunk, high or hatefully in denial. He lead a team with no allstar at that season except himself all the way to the ring beating 2 players who are in the GOAT conversation with Kobe and Brons and his superteam.
The last one superstar team to win an NBA championship.
kahwi?
@@ginocerda3290 He's a rental.
@@slickvisualpoetry Don't move the goal posts.
2 Jason kidd is a hall of famer as well
@@jerryon3075 but he was nowhere near a superstar at that time, he was pretty much washed by the time he got to Dallas
Best title/playoffrun ever. Most sympathic starplayer, destroying masses of allstars while never being favoured. Nothing bigger if youre honest.
I hate that they do not show dirk going down the hallway after game 6. Thats iconic
One of the greatest playoff runs of all time. I was so happy when Dirk got his ring.
Finally. All the respect n the world 2 Dirk & the crew
If winning a ring with the Cavs makes Lebron the GOAT,I wonder what this ring with a Mavs team against the Superteam Heats, makes Dirk?
Well I mean the team Lebron went against was 73-9 so idk bro it seems even to me also the warriors had more than Curry, Klay, Draymond, and Andrew Bogut who played a serious role in the team also their bench was unstoppable with the finals mvp on the bench lol
@@ethancbaker2002 curry, klay, dray vs The self proclaimed goat, Wade and Bosh.. You can pick🙄
Lebron had Kyrie, Love too
Immortal
@@nimeshrajapaksha5151 Love wasn't even top 20 that year.
Tyson Chandler doesn't get enough recognition for this, he was a huge part, major respect
And stevenson
Can't wait for the Luka and KP ring.
It’s coming 😤😫
You guys have the best roster since that 2011 run. I wouldn't be surprised to see Dallas make a run in the coming years, but Luka will have to duel LBJ just like dirk did, this time in the conference finals...
Arthur Rahman lebron will get old
We need another peice or two!
@@darkangels119 tbh lebron has maybe only 2 more shots at a ring. This year and next year. In two years hes gunna be 37 years old
One of the best finals I've ever witnessed. A true underdog story. Awesome to see Dirk and that entire group win the big 1
And they have swept the Lakers, funny how there’s most of times Lakers got lost in an underdog team like this year 2021.😅
It's 2021 and I'm STILL crying about this. Love the Mavs.
Dirk always gonna be the most underrated NBA player
This is probably the only Finals in the last 20 years that doesn't have any asterisk. It can't get any cleaner than this.
Dirk = Loyalty. A true champion. Super team didn’t win this one
This dirk is the reason why i love this sport.
The most satisfying title run I've ever witnessed. 💯
Leflop was cocky and all. and he got what he deserves
As a mavs fan, this was beautiful. Great team of veterans who deserve their ring.
This is the most worthy most incredible run in my generation. 2011 MAVS
I'm so fortunate to have been able to go to a game during this playoff run.
This NBA Finals was so satisfying. To see the good guys win for a change
I can't believe that this series will be 10 years old this June 2021!! Time flies so fast and this feels like it only happened yesterday!
Can't believe this was 10 yrs ago...I still remember watching this series live on tv like it was yesterday. it was an incredible achievement by the Mavs as a TEAM.
I seriously remember as a young teen cheering the MAVS on and I was so happy they won
@@sleekelegancesuavehaha i was 23 back then but it was one of the best memories of my life
This was my first finals that I ever watched. Had just finished the 8th grade
Greatest Underdog story of all time. Veterans not giving on their dream.
This is my favorite championship team of the decade. So many greats who never won a ring on one team overcoming all the odds. Dirk, Kidd, Jet, Peja, The Matrix, Tyson Chandler... It was storybook stuff.
Most enjoyable championship run I’ve ever seen. Lbj at the peak of his most-hated phase and sentimental favorite in Dirk. So many comebacks throughout the run, so many epic performances
i love how JJ just slices through all big three of the heat and makes an amazing layup. thats when the gods decided to let the mavs win.
Mavs and NBA final 2011 are so emotional and inspirational! One of the best NBA finals I've ever seen.
Imagine calling yourself the GOAT just to lose with your superteam to 1 superstar player only
Jaime Zamarripa he was out his prime tf
Jaime Zamarripa hahahah really?
Takable Pond1339 lebron’s team was playing great. The games they lost were really close except for the last one (dirk shot 7/21), meaning that if lebron played as his normal self, the mvp lebron, they would have won. He scored 8 points in game 4 while wade and bosh scored 32 and 24 and they lost by just 3 points. If he would’ve won this series, he may be extremely close to mj
Takable Pond1339 oh and wade was playing even better that dirk but lebron was playing so bad they still lost
Takable Pond1339 because lebron wouldnt even dare to take a shot
My favourite Finals (all time). Mavericks are the underdog with Nowitzki against the big three. Great team work from mavericks. Great movie
I will never forget the hubris of Wade and James after that 3 pointer...beginning of the end for this series !
It’s 2023 and I’m still in awe of this run. I love a good underdog story. ❤
Its 2022 & I watch this video at least twice a year....still brings me happy tear from our city of Dallas 💙💙💙
My all time hands down FAVORITE team. A thriving Dirk finally had the supporting cast he needed. All hungry for a championship. All well deserved it❤️
@Aarav . 100 years ago FACTS! Dirk said that that although he was grateful for his championship in 2011, he felt that he could've enjoyed it more in '06 because he was younger and not so exhausted 🤣🤣
I remember it like it was yesterday. One of the best team runs in sports history. My dad had season tickets and we were there for the entire ride. Truly priceless!!
One of the greatest finals of all time, with some of the greatest to ever step foot on a court. Miami would have beat any other team in the finals that year but Dirk, Jet, Jason, and Tyson were on a MISSION like no other! At the time, the media was only talking about Lebron and Wade failing to deliver. But now in hindsight we all know Dallas deserved this one, and their 2011 squad will go down in history as one of the best runs in sport history.
Matrix
Truly one of the GOAT title runs for Dirk , and totally he was on a MISSION to return back to the promised land and he did . Was an underrated series for dirk , and he didn’t needed a super team to do it .
I still come back to watch this, man it was a crazy journey through the season and for Dirk to actually get his ring. Definitely my most favorite playoff runs in NBA history.
No one talks about how good of a coach that Rick Carlisle is. He's gotta be one of the best of all time!! My favorite NBA coach as well since I'm a Mavs fan! LETS GO MAVS!! LUKA and Kristaps is gonna recreate the glory all over again for us!
Carlisle is a top5 coach atm at least
I love the early 2010s nba.
Watching this in 2021 and I still get chills. What a run for the 2011 Mavs unforgettable.
Worth watching from time to time. Late 90's draft class really did a great impact to the league. To me this is still the greatest champ run of the 2010-20 decade.
Ever realized that Dirk dont talk a lot all about the actions RESPECT! ✊
One of the most memorable runs in NBA Playoffs history. The Mavs fought through hell and back and just fought through it with grit. They never gave up their game even if they were losing. It was so damn good with so many memorable performances on both east and west conferences.
this was the most amazing finals ive never seen. so many big shots after big shots, david vs goliath. amazing
Dirk is the 🐐 for real
The most underrated championship ever
They need to make one of these for Hakeem in 1995
Dirk really grinded for this championship.
Peja Stojakovic got a ring
Shoulda won one with the kings as well.
Still the last lone superstar team to win the Finals. Dirk is a legend.
Giannis is a similar one
Seen so many videos and highlights about this series, but this one still managed to have a lot of footage I had never seen before or alternative angles for plays and shots that I had seen many times. So props to whoever edited this one together.
10:53 This is my most fave shot dirk ever shot. This move feels like his young self. The very first nba player that I have ever watched and my favorite of them all.
Ok
Dirk is the best european Player ever for sure
Luka took over that title
CJ Jam Sessions Luka has zero rings, and zero scoring titles. Dirk has 1 more FMVP, 6th all time points, 13 more All-Star selections and was a member of the 50-40-90 Club.
For now.
Tony Parker
@@dawgshiiiiiiiiiii8828 I actually think Ginobili is better just played his 6th man role very well. Could easily have scored 25 or more a game for a team. Shit even the Spurs Pop wouldn't allow it.
My favorite finals of all times MAVS 2011.I never get tired of viewing over and over
That dirk fadeaway brings a tear to my eye.
I don't even watch ti basketball ..but this is one of the best sport/inspirational story ever... Dirk its MONSTER
Watching this in 2020, still gives me chills. #MFFL
i think in my opinion this has gotta be the greatest finals in the 2010s
Dirk might not be the greatest to ever play the game....but there is no one excepted Dirk whom people would‘ve granted it more That was a hell of a Playoff-Run 🏀 Nostalgic feelings when I See this minimovie 10 years later 😍
One of the best nba finals series i have watched
As a lifelong Suns fan, this win was bitter Sweet.. Dallas was our foes during the Steve Nash era.. it was hard watching them win and we couldn't get it done..BUT..I was happy to see Shawn Marion get a ring..just wish it was with the Suns. That Nash/Stoudemire/Marion team was a beast of a team..
Kidd was on the early suns teams with Marion in his first few seasons
One of the best. If not the best finals series ive watched. Been watching since 1993
Brought so many memories I was just a little kid when they won, still feels like it was yesterday. Hopefully Luka and his squad can win one soon they have the talent for it just need to put in the work #dallas
Anyone else thing that this current 2021 season feels very similar to the 2010-2011 season. Like newly formed super villain team, Lakers are defending champs, Mavs got a super star European player, and the league is just playing at a high level overall.
Hope this ages well
@@nonamelegend_vapor yo lowkey after the first two wins i got to thinking... could the mavs go to the finals? 🤔
@@skinnymini5664 if they can just make their damn free throws, the sky's the limit haha
Welp..
@@kirkkevinmalnegro6502 yep
I was born 6 days after Jordans Flu game in 1997. Not being able to witness that live, but watching Dirk was timely. I was born in Florida so all my friends were Heat fans. 2011 i was 14, 5'10, long blonde hair and shot a high release. Many people in school called me Dirk not even knowing my real name. Even as a young man i was a fan of the underdog story so I was pulling for Dallas. Never forget German Jesus. 🇩🇪✝️🐐
I was at the AAC in Dallas for game 6 & it was amazing ! We’re gonna keep going, GO MAVS 🤙🏽
Game 6 in miami
@@kpNov23 and they are watching the game from dallas.
Thank You Mavs! Especially you Dirk! For being a loyal elite leader & not leaving our franchise without a Championship! Mffl
no doubt best NBA championship run in NBA history
The fact that this wasn't a super team, but a group of veteran players that came together and said "let's go get us chip" ... And on top of that dallas was the first team to defeat a super team in the finals ...
He had a super team in my opinion. Total team effort. In my opinion it goes down as the most special team in NBA history they swept the 2 time defending LA laker champions . They were also on average age of play the oldest team in the NBA that year. Also no player has won a ring before 2011 . Or after 2011 . If every player would have played in 2012- 2015 . who knows how many rings they could have gotten. Thats why they will go down as the GREATEST Old Men mystery team of what if.
credits to all mavs players and staffs ,they deserves it.mabuhay 2010-2011 nba champions from philippines.
Dirk will always be my second best player next to kobe. He stayed on ONE team all the way thru to win a ring. Can't say that about today's players as well as those past few years.(LeBron, Kawhi, Bosh, Durant). Im 29 years old and old fashioned. I love when players stay on ONE TEAM but now everyone is fans of players than teams more than ever.
Lebron was named ap male athlete of the decade and was ranked second best player of all time by the league
@@TakablePond i won't disagree on that. I don't like LeBron but I'll acknowledge that he is the best ALL AROUND PLAYER in league history. I did not say offense for you Kobe fans. I said best ALL AROUND PLAYER lol
What a great team of mature dudes that had a last chance to prove everyone they can win it all. I wasnt old enough at the time to follow basketball but man this shit brings tears to my eyes.
we don't talk enough about how good a series this was. lotta fun twists and great performances in this one
the last of the Adidas era, gave dirk 2hp extra pep, on that step back. Anyone who watched Mavs ball on TXA21 in Dallas from the beggining of the 2010 season to the finals understood something special was happening, and this was the culmination of all of it. Perhaps one of the greatest NBA championship stories ever etched in the modern history of the game.
Yup bro after that 06 loss we knew we were getting revenge soon fr
Oh man did not miss a single game on TXA 21, I was screaming in my living room when they took it all.
This 2011 Dallas is stacked! Full of talented players 😬
You mean heat lol?
That was a classic finals. One of the best I've ever seen
I love seeing Kidd and Bibby out there man
Man love this so much!! This Team and Championship is epic
Here after the lebron comment, that he wons the 2 hardest championships ever
Tyson Chandler doesn't get enough credit for changing the culture of the defense. He deserves to be the center on anyone's all time Mavs team. I just remember being so pissed that we had to roll out dudes like Shawn Bradley, Erick Dampier, and Brendan Haywood at center before TC arrived. Believe me, i'm as much of a Dirk stan as any, but being a fan of a player means knowing their weaknesses and limitations. Dirk was not gonna rim run and lock down the paint for us, and before that season, we were trying to fill that need with replacement level journeymen. We couldn't have done it without TC
Just back here when Dirk and Kidd are now part of the organization of Dallas. #MFFFsince2010
Imagine the prime GOAT lose a finals game against a Dirk with fever.