2006 NBA Championship Finals winner and Game Results

Finally, the 2006 NBA Finals. It's been a remarkable run for the two conference champions, but only one team will be holding the Larry O'Brien Trophy and be crowned league champ for the first time.

The Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks have both earned the right to be here after over comming of last year's finalists (and this year's favorites) along the way. The Heat and Mavs were both second choices to win their respective conferences going into the postseason and emerged victorious against the favored Detroit Pistons and San Antonio Spurs due to superior team play and coaching.

Heat Of The NightShaquille O'Neal promised an NBA championship to the city of Miami. Dwyane Wade helped him make good on his words. Wade scored 36 points, his fourth straight game with 35-plus, and the Heat beat the Mavs 95-92 in Game 6 for Miami's first world title. At the end of the night, Wade would take home the Finals MVP trophy and proved himself worthy in this series of carrying the superstar label that's bestowed upon him.

For Pat Riley, it's the first time in 18 years he can say it. For Shaquille O'Neal, it's been four years, and for Alonzo Mourning, Gary Payton and Dwyane Wade, it'will there first time they have been able to claim a NBA Championship.

Miami became just the third team in NBA Finals history to win a series after dropping the first two games, and the first to do it after losing Games 1 and 2 by double-digit margins. This series actually looked lost for the Heat with 6½ minutes left in Game 3 when they trailed by 13 on their home court, but the Mavericks relaxed too soon and never got their groove back, earning the dubious distinction of becoming the first team to lose the NBA Finals in the fourth quarter of Game 3.

Dwyane Wade, left, and Shaquille O'Neal celebrate the Miami Heat's first NBA championship.

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