nba playoffs continued wednesday night with a string of thrilling games. here's kate giles to tell us who won. >> it's all about dallas this morning. what's interesting in this one, zain, since they lost to the miami heat in the 2006 nba finals, the dallas mavericks had struggled in the postseason, until now, that was. three times they lost in the first round but five years on and they're now into the finals once again. and who do they look likely to face? that's right, the miami heat. the mavs were 3-1 up in the series against the thunder and playing game five on their home court. it was a perfect opportunity to close this one out. dirk nowitzki, he's been key to dallas' success all season long. an they were looking to him again on wednesday. he scored 13 in the first half. in the third quarter, it was tied. it was tied at 61.