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Miami Heat – LeBron James Comfortable With Letting Others Score
Through the first two games of the NBA finals, LeBron James has averaged 17.5 points, 13 rebounds and 8.5 assists, in two games that weren’t that different on the stat sheet for him individually, but looked completely different on the floor and in the end result, giving the Miami Heat quite a lot of confidence heading towards three straight road games.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Makes Mario Chalmers Look Like a Star
The Miami Heat were bound to look much better in game 2, even though LeBron James didn’t have the offensive explosion people expected him too. Instead, he did everything else, which started with excellent defense, and continued with hardly making mistakes on offense, making Mario Chalmers and Ray Allen look the way they’re supposed to.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James and the Fine Fabric of the Big Three
In order to win their first NBA title together, Dwyane Wade had to sacrifice his own standing with the team, clearing the way for LeBron James to become the number one go to guy on the floor, all the time. Chris Bosh? From a superstar power forward he became a role player with certain duties on defense and offense, nothing more.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Needs Erik Spoelstra to Do His Job
The Miami Heat didn’t play a good game of basketball in Game 1 of the NBA finals, but it’s not the right thing to do and pin it all on LeBron James and usual clutch cliches. Erik Spoelstra, not for the first time in this playoffs, struggled making adjustments inside a game and giving the right kind of instructions to his MVP, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade in order to somehow come out with the win.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Can’t Leave the Game up to Chris Bosh
It’s not that LeBron James needs to be the one to take the final shot every time for the Miami Heat; Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade are on this team for a reason. But if Tim Duncan feels very comfortable with letting Bosh shooting three pointers, the defending champions needed to get a little more creative in finding a way for James to be more efficient offensively for the rest of the NBA finals.
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Miami Heat & San Antonio Spurs – The Two Teams of the NBA Finals
The difference between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs? Teams that love to Pick & Roll, but defend very differently, not to mention one having their game based on the cooperation between a point guard (Tony Parker) and a center (Tim Duncan), while one man, LeBron James, runs almost everything for the NBA champions.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Got Dwyane Wade And His Team Back
Game 7’s separate the meek from the worthy, and the Miami Heat, looking better than they did all through the series when it comes to defense and intensity, are clearly worthy of the NBA finals, as LeBron James put on another huge performance while Dwyane Wade silenced all those waiting to criticize him about his lack of production.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Needs to Help Dwyane Wade & Chris Bosh Bounce Back
After hitting the bottom, the only way is up. Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh have been close to non-factors on too many possession and minutes in the conference finals for the Miami Heat, but LeBron James does share some of the blame, probably taking too much on himself while trying to save the day.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Left on His Own by Dwyane Wade & Chris Bosh
The moment the Miami Heat become a team that has only LeBron James to rely on offensively, they turn away from everything that turned them into the NBA champions a year ago. Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade have evaporated from the series, and suddenly game 7 seems like a much tougher hurdle to get over, as the team looks more dysfunctional than it has been all season long.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Needs to Play Like He’s Desperate
Feeling the wall on your back brings out the best in some players. LeBron James showed he’s one of them in last year’s playoff, and that same kind of desperation pushed him into a massive performance in game 5 of the conference finals, with the Miami Heat needing more of the same thing from their MVP to close out the series.