The Mavericks called it all a valuable history lesson. It's like touching a hot stove. You tell a young kid not to do it, but he's got to feel it for himself. That was just the ending of the game, though. So much more was decided before that, the Mavericks contend.
Home court is why they won.
They got the calls down the stretch. They deserved home court and maybe that's why they deserved to win. But I also feel like we have a case for feeling as though we should have won. The Mavericks had one last chance to grab the lead with 25.8 seconds remaining. The call could have gone either way.