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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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First NBA Finals With Four MVP Award Winners
For the first time in NBA history, the NBA finals will feature four players who have won the NBA Finals’ MVP award. Two for the Miami Heat; LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, and two for the San Antonio Spurs; Tony Parker and Tim Duncan.
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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.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Turns Udonis Haslem Into a Star
For the second time in three games, the ability of LeBron James to center the focus on his drives to the basket of almost an entire defense turned Udonis Haslem into an unstoppable scoring machine, while the Miami Heat found one stretch in the third quarter in which they simply couldn’t miss, enough for them to take the lead in the conference finals once again.
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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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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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Miami Heat – LeBron James Is Going to Keep Changing it Up
It seems each game and Miami Heat brings a new side from LeBron James opposing teams have to adjust to. In game 1 it was his driving to the basket when the opportunity came up. In game 3 it was his excellent work on the post against Paul George. In game 4, be sure it’s not going to be the same “old” thing.