Credit where it's due.

Tonight is Game 4 of the NBA finals, but it's also the beginning of the Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees series. Personally, I think this will be a very telling series as to how the American League will play out, although there are definitely other contenders. As it stands right now, I believe that these are probably the top 2 teams in the American League and I fully believe that the outcome will rely heavy on the pitching performance of both teams as both have monsterous offensive capabilities.

So the big question right now is if this is a "must win" game for the Dallas Mavericks. To be honest, I would normally say that it's not really a do or die situation for a team as good as Dallas even against another quality team like Miami. They definitely have the ability to win 3 straight. However, given the comments of Jason Terry taking shots at the Heat defense and more pointedly at LeBron James defense against him in the fourth quarter changes the equation. It just doesn't make much sense to me to take shots at a person who has entirely shut you down in 2 out of the 3 games so far. Why give LeBron more motivation to play you even harder? Yes, the pressure is entirely on the Mavericks and specifically Jason Terry now.

I do have to give a lot of credit to Mark Cuban as an owner for putting together a great team, though. Love him or hate him, he has in fact done outstanding things for basketball in Dallas when it's a city that's so dominated by football. Perhaps Jerry Jones should take a look at how Mark Cuban has run his organization?