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MAVERICKS</div></td></tr></table><table width="300" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxB_3053751"><tr valign="top"><td class="boxBI_3053751"><div class="textMed"><b>Miami wins series 4-2</b></div><div class="textHang"><div style="padding-bottom:3px"><span class="bulletRedSmall">• </span><span class="textMed"><a href="/web/20060910031839/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13447388/" id="gted" ce="Link-1">Heat burns Mavs, wins first title</a></span></div><div style="padding-bottom:3px"><span class="bulletRedSmall">• </span><span class="textMed"><a href="/web/20060910031839/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13450957/" id="gted" ce="Link-1">Ventre: Riley earns his title</a></span></div><div style="padding-bottom:3px"><span class="bulletRedSmall">• </span><span class="textMed"><a href="/web/20060910031839/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13451144/" id="gted" ce="Link-1">Celizic: Mavs fold in the Heat</a></span></div><div style="padding-bottom:3px"><span class="bulletRedSmall">• </span><span class="textMed"><a href="/web/20060910031839/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13450775/" id="gted" ce="Link-1">WP: No excuses, Mavs -- Heat better</a></span></div><div style="padding-bottom:3px"><span class="bulletRedSmall">• </span><span class="textMed"><a href="/web/20060910031839/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13450851/" id="gted" ce="Link-1">WP: Too bad whining detracts</a></span></div><div style="padding-bottom:3px"><span class="bulletRedSmall">• </span><span class="textMed"><a href="/web/20060910031839/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13450280/" id="gted" ce="Link-1">At 24, Wade atop basketball world</a></span></div><div style="padding-bottom:3px"><span class="bulletRedSmall">• </span><span class="textMed"><a href="/web/20060910031839/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13450179/" id="gted" ce="Link-1">Mavs left to wonder the what-ifs</a></span></div><div style="padding-bottom:3px"><span class="bulletRedSmall">• </span><span class="textMed"><a href="/web/20060910031839/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13450655/" id="gted" ce="Link-1">Heat fans happy</a> | <a href="/web/20060910031839/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13450685/" id="gted" ce="Link-2">Mavs fans upset</a></span></div><div style="padding-bottom:3px"><span class="bulletRedSmall">• </span><span class="textMed"><a href="/web/20060910031839/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13448180/" id="gted" ce="Link-1">Ventre: Pick Suns to win in 2007</a></span></div><div style="padding-bottom:3px"><span class="bulletRedSmall">• </span><span class="textMed"><a href="/web/20060910031839/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12088924/" id="gted" ce="Link-1">Series breakdown</a> | <a href="javascript:SSOpen('13213450','0');">Top images</a></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Cuban got a kick out of Stern saying his approach was hurting the Mavericks.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>“Last time he said that, we were down a game to Utah in 2001, and we came back and won,” Cuban said. “So hopefully it’s good karma.”</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Stern added that he’ll consider further punishment after the finals. 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