<P> The 2011 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) 's 2010 -- 11 season , and the conclusion of the season 's playoffs . The Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks defeated the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat 4 games to 2 to win their first NBA championship . Dallas became the last NBA team from Texas to win its first title , after the Houston Rockets won back - to - back titles in 1994 and 1995 , and the San Antonio Spurs won four NBA championships in 1999 , 2003 , 2005 and 2007 , and a fifth one subsequently in 2014 ; all three Texas NBA teams have now won at least one NBA championship . It was also the first time in four years that the Los Angeles Lakers did not make the Finals , having been swept in the Western Conference semifinals by the eventual champion Dallas Mavericks . </P>
who did the mavericks beat in the finals
Miami Heat