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Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) reacts during the second half of Game 4 of the NBA Finals basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks Tuesday, June 7, 2011, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki had 10 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter against the Miami Heat in the NBA finals to lead the Mavs to a 86-83 win in Game 4. The series is now tied 2-2. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Miami Heat's LeBron James dunks during the second half of Game 3 of the NBA Finals basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks Sunday, June 5, 2011, in Dallas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip; Pool)
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NBA Playoffs: Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) drives against Chicago Bulls guard Ronnie Brewer (11) during the third quarter of Game 5 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals Thursday, May 26, 2011, in Chicago. With an 83-80 win over the Bulls, the Heat have advanced to the NBA finals and will now play the Dallas Mavericks. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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NBA Playoffs: Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki (41) holds up his arms as fans cheer during the final seconds of Game 5 of the NBA basketball Western Conference finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Dallas. The Mavericks won 100-96 and advanced to the NBA finals. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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NBA Playoffs: Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki scored 26 points and had nine rebounds in the victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 that sends Dallas to the NBA finals. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Built for the iPad, sky-high dunks are standard in EA Sports NBA Jam.
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NBA Playoffs: Dallas Mavericks' forward Dirk Nowitzki, guarded by Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant, scored 40 points in the Mavericks' 112-105 overtime victory in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals Monday night. Durant scored 29 for the Thunder but missed his last six shots. (Associated Press)
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NBA Playoffs: Oklahoma City Thunder's Russell Westbrook, right, attempts a shot over Dallas Mavericks' Tyson Chandler, left, during Game 3 of the NBA Western Conference finals basketball series Saturday, May 21, 2011, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) dunks over Chicago Bulls forward Carlos Boozer, left, and center Joakim Noah during the first quarter of Game 2 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charlie Arbogast)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki made an NBA playoff-record 24 consecutive free throws in a 121-112 win over Oklahoma City in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals Tuesday. His 48 points were the most this postseason.
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The Washington Wizards will select No. 6 in this year's NBA draft.
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Miami Heat's LeBron James reacts during the first half of Game 5 of a second-round NBA playoff basketball series against the Boston Celtics, Wednesday, May 11, 2011 in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Memphis Grizzlies' Greivis Vasquez, left, and San Antonio Spurs' Gary Neal, right, during the first quarter of Game 2 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Wednesday, April 20, 2011, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS photographs Connecticut guard Kemba Walker, a junior, left early for the NBA draft. "I'm still graduating in three years," he said.
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Memphis center Marc Gasol and the Grizzlies are at home and looking to take a 2-1 series lead against the San Antonio spurs, the Western Conference's No. 1 seed in the NBA playoffs. (Associated Press)
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Associated Press The concept of a "jock tax" is thought to date back to the end of the 1991 NBA playoffs, in which the Chicago Bulls defeated the Los Angeles Lakers. The practice snowballed from there.
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Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Kurt Rambis reacts after a player's foul during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Houston Rockets, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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Fan Lisa McKee waits to enter the arena in front of images of current Sacramento Kings players before an NBA basketball game between the Kings and the Los Angeles Lakers in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, April 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson talks to reporters about the Sacramento Kings possible move to Anaheim, before the Kings played the Lakers in an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, April 13, 2011. The Maloof family, majority owners of the Kings, are expected to go to New York later this week to ask the NBA permission to move the team to Anaheim. Johnson, a former NBA All-Star point guard for the Phoenix Suns, plans to meet with NBA officials in New York to discuss keeping the Kings in Sacramento. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
