(Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images) MIAMI (CBSMiami.com) – After a season of ups and downs for the Miami Heat, the only thing standing between the Heat and its destiny is the Dallas Mavericks.

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By Gethin Coolbaugh – Evening/Weekend Editor LeBron James and the Miami Heat host Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of the 2011 NBA Finals at 9 p.m. EDT on Tuesday night American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida (TV: ABC/TSN).

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by Linda Robertson – May. 31, 2011 02:36 PM Miami Herald MIAMI – As rematches go, Miami Heat vs. Dallas Mavericks for the 2011 NBA title is no Thrilla in Manila.

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The Dallas Mavericks face the Miami Heat Tuesday night at Miami’s American Airlines Arena in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The game will be televised, starting at 9 p.m., Eastern time, on ABC. Boston The Miami Heat, for all their bluster last summer about the number of championships they were going to win and talk about assembling the “greatest team” in NBA history, have gone about this season – and postseason – in a workmanlike fashion.

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An exterior view of the American Airlines Arena before the start Game 1 of the 2011 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavericks on May 30, 2011 in Miami, Florida.Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images/AFP By Jun Medina Special Correspondent It’s a classic matchup between the NBA’s best offensive team against the league’s best defensive squad as the Miami Heat host the Dallas Mavericks Tuesday night (Monday in Manila) at the American Airlines Arena for the opening game of their best-of-seven championship finals. Judging by their playoff performances, the Heat and the Mavs look evenly matched with identical 12-3 win-loss records in the current post-season

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