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Mavs in Seven?

By Robert Wilonsky in Sports

Thursday, Jun. 8 2006 @ 1:12PM

Dwyane Wade looks really neat in NBA Live 06. Too bad even the videogame version's gonna get spanked.

Screw Vegas. Put your money on the $7-plus billion per annum videogame industry. EA Sports, publishers of NBA LIVE 06, ran a videogame simulation of the NBA Finals and concluded that Dallas would grab its first NBA title on a final-seconds Dirk offensive rebound and dunk in the seventh game to chill the Heat 90-88. Dirk also swished and snatched his way to Finals MVP honors, averaging 25.3 points and 10 rebounds per game. Here's the simulation run-down:

Game 1: Dallas 97 - Miami 90

Full disclosure: My wife works in the videogame industry. [Editor's note: And that makes some of us very, very jealous.] --Mark Stuertz