First of all I wish I owned the team, its not my team, its Micky Arison's team. Second, the Heat did play as a TEAM and made it all the way to the Finals, but did not play well enough especially in the 4th quarter to beat Mark Cuban's team. I referred to the passing in my previous post to infer that NONE of the BIG THREE are ball hogs although I wish one would have been especially in the 4th QT. How many times have you seen TEAMS live or die, by their superstar, where was the rest of the TEAM then? Your assertion that if you shut one of the big three down is incorrect, look back of how ineffective at least one or two of them are during the playoffs, but the Heat still played well and won. Its not a matter of shutting one of the Big Three down, its a matter of beating a TEAM and that consist of the Miami bench, other starters (Bibby, Miller, Chalmers, etc), and coach, which is relatively weak compared to all but the 76ers throughout the playoffs. Nevertheless, it is a team sport and the Miami Heat lost as a team to Dallas, not as a collection of individuals as you asserted. Barring major injury next year of a star player and a revamping of the Miami bench especially point guard and center, Miami may have the best collection of individual talent on a team and if they play well as a team it could be argued that they should be front runners for the Finals next year, Dallas is going to lose many of its key players due to free agency and they will be less likely to be contenders. So as a fan of Miami I am happy that they made it to the finals, during the season I really believed that the Celtics or the Bulls would have beaten them in the playoffs, but they made it to the finals in their first year with the "Experiment" more than many fans could have wished for. Again, congrats to the Dallas Mavericks organization for their 1st Championship, as a Miami fan I am looking forward to more Championships in the following years with the BIG THREE and the rest of the TEAM!