The Miami Heat won their fourth game in a row, sealing the team’s first ever NBA championship. For Shaquille O’Neal this was his fourth time winning the trophy, and veteran Pat Riley added his first in almost twenty years, and Gary Payton got his first championship, but all of the attention was on Dwyane Wade.

Wade was named the Finals MVP after a series where he averaged 34.7 points per game, which of course is right up there with some of the great NBA players of all-time. There was no question he would win the award after the team was down in the series 0-2 to the Dallas Mavericks. The Heat is just the third team to win the championship after losing the first two games.

Mark Cuban was fined $250,000 for several acts after Game 5, though he gave the Heat a round of applause after his team left lost the game. Cuban’s antics during the game and posts on his blog have made him the most exciting person in the Finals not named Dwyane Wade.

Philadelphia is trying to move up in next week’s NBA draft. The team has the #13 overall pick, and the news that the team is trying to move into the top five or six picks once again brings up the idea of the team moving Allen Iverson. Recent reports said that a Sixers chairman ordered that Iverson be traded, though that was later denied.

It’s beginning to look like if the Toronto Raptors wil pick Andrea Bargnani wherever they end up. The deal mentioned yesterday with the Charlotte Bobcats would also include Brevin Knight going with the #3 for Alvin Williams and the first pick overall.