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The 105-95 victory was sweet for many of the Dallas Mavericks Sunday night, but especially for Jason Terry, who had the championship trophy tattooed on his bicep before the season.

Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks finally have the lead in these ultra-close NBA finals, and now it really is "now or never" for LeBron James and the Miami Heat....

Dirk Nowitzki shook off three poor quarters to score 10 of his 21 points in the final period as the Mavericks outscored the Miami Heat 21-9 over the final 10:12 for an 86-83 victory in a memorable Game 4 Tuesday night.

Dwyane Wade kept soaring and scoring, doing everything he could to get the Miami Heat a crucial win towards an NBA title....

Dirk Nowitzki made a layup with three seconds to play as Dallas rallied from a 15-point deficit in the final quarter.

He was a prolific producer of rebounds and record albums. And nicknames, too, as if at 7-foot-1 and 350 pounds he was too big for the simple "Shaq" that made him an instantly recognizable, one-name star in all of his endeavors....

The Miami Heat have struck first in the NBA finals.  LeBron James scored 24 points for his first win in five finals-game appearances, Dwyane Wade added 22 points and 10 rebounds and the Heat beat the Dallas Mavericks 92-84 in Game 1 of the title series Tuesday night.

This was how LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh envisioned it when they decided to unite in Miami, and now that a championship is in sight, they're not offering any apologies.

LeBron James scored 35 points, Chris Bosh added 22 and the Miami Heat moved within one win of the NBA finals with a wild 101-93 overtime victory over the Chicago Bulls in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference title series on Tuesday night.

Chris Bosh continued to make atonement for any misgivings in a trying, acclimating season, finishing with a game-high 34 points as heat took a 2-1 series lead over the Bulls.