Let's go ahead and get it out there so we can put it to bed, already. 

FACT:  Game 6 officials have no business in this business.  I saw so many "Phantom Fouls" I thought I was watching a horror movie.  This is not a point of discussion.  This topic will not go to committee. The refs made Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles and Helen Keller look like Superman with binoculars.  Face it:  it was 5 on 8 in favor of Miami all game long.

FACT:  David Stern has about as much business running the NBA as I do in pantyhose (trust me; I don't need to wear pantyhose).  He didn't want to hand over the trophy to Mark Cuban and, Lo and Behold, he doesn't have to.

FACT:  People who accuse me of whining.... are whining

Now it's time for reality...

REALITY:  NONE OF THE PRECEEDING FACTS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MAVERICKS GAME 6 LOSS!!!!!

Oh, how did we lose the finals, let me count the ways:

1.  Nowitzki got HOT early on.  That was right before his team started to ignore him.  He was 7 for 10 from the floor and we stopped feeding him.  There is no excuse for that.

2.  We stopped driving the lane.  There is an old saying that goes: "Dance with who brought you."  We got here by driving the lane.  We won the first two games by driving the lane.  We lost the last 4 by NOT driving the lane.  Raise your hand if you see a pattern here.

3.  If you can't even make 1 out of 10 3point shots... STOP TAKING THREE POINT SHOTS!!!  Every time we hit a drought it’s because we jacked a 3 point shot.  Funny thing that...

4.  If Shaq ends the game with 5 fouls, you played him soft.  His name is Shaquille O'Neal, not Jesus Christ.  You can drive on him, I swear.  My dad hated Shaq because he felt that he got away with too much.  I could never convince him that half the reason for that was the other players let him.

5.  In the first two games we made Shaq look stupid.  In the last 4 games he returned the favor.  If it ain't broke...

6.  All men are created equal: they all get 6 fouls.  Use them.  If the officials are going to call a foul every time someone breathes on Wade, don't bother trying to stay away.  Make him pay for the privilege.  Foul the #### out of him.  Wade gets upset when he's compared to Jordan.  I can see why.  He doesn't want to admit that the both possess the uncanny ability to turn players into spectator by merely touching the ball.  If they had to endure what Bird, Chamberlin, Russell or any of their peers had to endure; we wouldn't even know their names.

Notice how none of those reasons included conspiracies or refs. 

FACT:  If you score more points than your opponent, the officials become as effective as they are incompetent.

FACT:  The Miami Heat deserves their Championship.  They earned it.  The better team won.

This is why Baseball is my favorite sport.  Any coach or player worth his weight in salt knows that you have to adjust to the officials.  The strike zone is what the umpire says it is.  You only argue rule interpretations, not judgment calls.

Here endeth the lesson.