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Miami Heat – LeBron James Needs to Deliver That Perfect Game
No one’s saying that LeBron James is having a bad postseason. He’s been doing most of what the Miami Heat have been needing him to on both ends of the floor, but with their rivals not fading away in awe of the NBA champions, it’s time for the best player in the league to deliver one of those huge games he had quite a few of in last year’s playoffs to create the separation needed to reach the finals.
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NBA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder & the Kevin Martin Question
To release or to sign Kevin Martin seems to be the biggest free agency issue the Oklahoma City Thunder have to handle in this off-season, as the shooter who was brought in to replace James Harden disappointed mostly in the postseason that ended a lot earlier than anyone expected from last season’s NBA finalists.
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NBA Rumors – New York Knicks to Give Carmelo Anthony Another Scorer
A lot of things went wrong for the New York Knicks during the postseason, but one of the more obvious vices was their inability to generate scoring that doesn’t come from Carmelo Anthony. Despite a very limited cap situation, the NBA’s leading scorer would like to see a new face that can generate points playing next to him next season.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Exhausted From Guarding David West & Roy Hibbert
If the Miami Heat think that they lost game 4 because of referees, they need to check again. LeBron James was absent for large chunks of the night, spending too much time guarding David West and Roy Hibbert on one end, not having enough energy to be dominant consistently on the other, dragging the entire team and their offensive fluidity down along with him.
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NBA Rumors – Dallas Mavericks Into Signing Brandon Jennings
According to rumors originating from the Milwaukee Bucks organization, in their choice between Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis, they prefer selecting the more veteran player, which gives Jennings his wish to pursue free agency and sign for a big-city team, as the Dallas Mavericks looking like the most likely of destinations.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tracy McGrady Turning From Curse Into a Human Victory Cigar
It’s not that Tracy McGrady hasn’t been involved in losses for the San Antonio Spurs, but it’s quite clear to see that the playoff curse that engulfed and partially defined his NBA career for over a decade is gone, and while not being anything close to a major factor, the potential future hall of fame player is just happy being around a winning team.
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Indiana Pacers – Lance Stephenson Steps Up to Help Roy Hibbert
After the game 3 loss, the Indiana Pacers needed someone else and something new to add to their constant plan of building on Roy Hibbert. In game 4, they got it from Lance Stephenson, providing his best game of the series so far by simply raising the level of aggression and intensity to something the players in front of him simply couldn’t match.
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LeBron James With a Huge Block On George Hill
The Indiana Pacers were about to take a six point lead over the Miami Heat late in the third quarter as George Hill and Paul George were in a two-on-one situation on the fast break, but if there’s something LeBron James loves to do is make point guards feel small with one of his famous rejections.
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Indiana Pacers – Paul George Needs to Get Some Help
From the first moment in this series, one glaring fact was being hidden by Paul George doing much better than expected on the offensive side, scoring 49 points in the first two games of the series. He can’t really stop LeBron James on his own, and eventually, the Indiana Pacers started paying for it, noticing it a bit too late.
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Memphis Grizzlies – Zach Randolph & Marc Gasol Were Overrated
For the first two series in the postseason, Zach Randolph was unstoppable in the post, while Marc Gasol justified his selection as the defensive player of the year, clogging the lane to any drives to the basket while operating at extreme efficiency on the offensive side. Then came the Western Conference Finals, and all the perceptions about the best big-man duo in the NBA were proven wrong.