Dirk's run to the NBA title is still astonishing to me

It was one of the best runs ever...it was his time and all of his opponents knew it...incredible how he pulled out game 2 in the finals, then game 4, 5 and 6.

It really is amazing. Definitely got lucky in that he had Chandler and all of the teams they got through had below average center play at the time.

The whole Mavs Cinderella narrative is a myth.

The Mavs were a dominant 55-18 that year when Dirk played. They were an elite team.

He was unstoppable. The fade away jumper from the T ... Every damn time.

it really was incredible

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And a crapload of free throws. Like. A lot.

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No. The Mavs had pretty much equal amount of free throws for every series. Dallas just had a really high free throw percentage so it looked like they had more. And Dirk would get a lot of attempts because he had the ball the majority of the time.

Dirks run is one of the most impressive ever, right there with Hakeem Olajuwons run.

HAS DIED

DIRK HAS RISEN

DIRK WILL COME AGAIIIIIIIIIIIIN

I'm not referring to team totals, I'm just referring to the ungodly amount he shot. IIRC, there were games when he had 20+ attempts. That's a lot. I may be inflating the numbers in my mind, though, and I'm too lazy to check.

they also happened to catch the Lakers when they weren't THE Lakers, Thunder when they weren't THE Thunder, and Heat before they were THE Heat

I suppose if the Heat won the title in 2011 it would've made the Mavs beating them more impressive?

hhmm....