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State of the NBA Finals

By Bill Simmons
Page 2

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Forget about who's winning the championship. I'm starting to feel like the future of the NBA is at stake. We just spent the past two months raving about the "New And Improved" NBA -- end-to-end action, loads of points, dramatic endings, a new generation of superstars coming into their own, coaches and owners willing to think outside the box. And Dallas personified everything that was happening. The Mavericks could play small, they could play big, they could play fast, they could play slow ... ...

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