DALLAS - Dwyane Wade had 36 points and 10 rebounds in the teeth of a hostile Dallas crowd, capping his magnificent playoffs by leading Miami past the Mavericks 95-92 Tuesday as the Heat roared back from a two-game deficit to win their first NBA championship in six games.

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Just as Shaquille O'Neal and coach Pat Riley predicted nine years apart, there will be a parade in South Florida.

Wade will lead it.

The man they call "Flash" cemented his superstardom with a dominant four-game performance capped by four pressure-packed, final-minute free throws in the same building where Miami lost the first two games of the finals.

Where there's a Wade, there's a will. His grace added a fifth ring to Riley's finger — third-most among NBA coaches — and a fourth to O'Neal's big hand.

"The great Pat Riley told us we were going to win today," O'Neal said after celebrating on the court with his family.

Dirk Nowitzki had 29 points and 15 rebounds for the Mavs, but Dallas couldn't manage the last basket it needed to topple Wade's tenacity.

The Heat finished their franchise's 18th season with one of the league's greatest rallies in a finals, and the final period of Game 6 was appropriately gritty.

Miami nursed a narrow lead, taking an 89-85 lead with 2:36 left on two jumpers by James Posey. Jerry Stackhouse cut the lead to a point with a 3-pointer in his first game back from suspension, but after Udonis Haslem and Josh Howard traded jumpers, Wade hit two free throws with 26 seconds left.

Erick Dampier then fumbled a pass on Dallas' next possession, and Wade fought to get the loose ball. He hit two more free throws with 17.7 seconds to play, but after Howard hit a pair, Wade missed two with 10.3 seconds left.

But Jason Terry missed a 3-pointer, and Wade flung the ball skyward as time ran out.

Miami hung on to the clincher in front of more than 20,000 Dallas fans still furious at every NBA official and commissioner David Stern for the Mavs' three losses in Miami last week. Owner Mark Cuban stoked the furor with his antics after Game 5, which resulted in a $250,000 (euro199,270) fine earlier Tuesday.

But while the Mavs worried about every perceived slight, the Heat focused on fulfilling the promises of Riley and O'Neal. The veteran coach promised a championship 11 years ago before his first stint on the Miami bench, while Shaq also guaranteed a trophy when the Los Angeles Lakers traded him to South Beach two summers ago.

MIAMI IS HOT QUITE ALRIGHT.They should not have lost thefirst two games but they were too confident on themselves that why they ladi an egg in thierfirst two games.
Miami won but i dont see them repeating thier win cuz Shaq is not as productive as before and remeber they were were winning with just 3 or 2 points different while dallas won theier first two games with 10points leads.Theyhave to make changes
Miami is hot but need to make changes if their want to still remin champs next year

Thats true,i think they have to go back to drawing board