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The Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavericks met in game five of the 2011 NBA Finals on Thursday night with the lead in the series on the line.

The Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat met in game five of the 2011 NBA Finals on Thursday with all to play for in the best of seven playoff series tied at 2-2.

The Mavericks were under a little bit more pressure than the Heat heading into the game as Dallas were on their home court and, with a loss, would have been facing the prospect of having to beat Miami in back-to-back games to claim the NBA championship.

Dallas responded to the pressure as they took game five down 112-103 to put themselves on the brink of claiming their franchise's first NBA title. Dirk Nowitzki was huge in the game as he scored 29 points while Jason Terry had 21 points off of the bench.

Lebron James only had 17 points in the game but he posted a triple-double as he also had 10 boards and 10 assists.

The Heat now return home for what they hope will be a seven game series. NBA basketball is through for the year in Dallas as both games six and seven would come from Miami with game six scheduled for Sunday at 8pm ET.

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