Read More: Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks at Miami Heat, May 31, 2011 9:00 PM EDT Beginning Tuesday, we’ll see a rematch of the 2006 NBA Finals, which pitted Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks against Dwyane Wade, Shaquille O’Neal and the Miami Heat. Miami has famously been a huge TV ratings draw since adding LeBron James and Chris Bosh almost a year ago; the Heat’s Eastern Conference Finals series against the Chicago Bulls included three of the four most highly-viewed NBA games in cable TV history. But the 2006 Finals didn’t exactly set the Nielsens on fire.

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It’s a tricky situation, navigating all this barroom hypothetical arguments about who’s done what and who was the best at whatever.

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More on the conference finals teams, with the last team eliminated from the Playoffs before the Finals.

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Updated: May 27, 2011, 3:33 PM ET By Melissa Isaacson ESPNChicago.com Archive CHICAGO — In the end, Scottie Pippen said, the Chicago Bulls simply did not have the players necessary to beat the Miami Heat and compete for the NBA title. And specifically, the Bulls Hall of Famer said, the highest-priced Bulls players could not be counted on

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CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls had the best regular-season record in the NBA, an MVP in Derrick Rose and the coach of the year in Tom Thibodeau.

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