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Miami Heat – Dwyane Wade Holds the Key to LeBron James’ Legacy
The legacy of LeBron James will be determined by how many championships he wins with the Miami Heat and maybe with another team later in his career. For his legend to continue to grow, he needs Dwyane Wade playing like he did in game 4. Without him, all his individual greatness gets thrown away.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tim Duncan Watches Tony Parker & Manu Ginobili Wither Away
Manu Ginobili had one of his worse games ever, and Tony Parker forgot to show up to the second half. Danny Green and Gary Neal stopped making three pointers at an insane rate, while Tim Duncan was left alone with his finger in the dam as the San Antonio Spurs lost game 4 by 16 points, and once again find themselves at an even (2-2) series, with the momentum going the other way.
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Miami Heat – Dwyane Wade Breathes Life Into LeBron James & Chris Bosh
Erik Spoelstra moved back to small-ball and shooters lineup for the entire game, giving LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh the chance to look like a real big three, combining to score 85 points, leadintg the Miami Heat to 109-93 win in Game 4 of the NBA finals, tying the series at 2 a piece.
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NBA Finals – Spurs vs Heat Game 4 Predictions
After three encounters, two of them blowout wins, the San Antonio Spurs hold a 2-1 lead over the defending NBA champions, the Miami Heat. Where to from here? Game 4 offers another must-win for the Heat, and especially for LeBron James, while the Spurs seem quite comfortable with the way they’re playing so far in the NBA finals.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tony Parker is Something to Worry About
At their best moments in the previous game, the San Antonio Spurs had Gary Neal and Danny Green doing most of the damage, not the more traditional suspects of Manu Ginobili, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker. And although trusting your role players to carry the offense certainly brought in more confidence to the team, if Parker is in fact limited or worse by an injury heading into game 4, that smells like trouble for the Spurs.
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Miami Heat – Another Moment of Truth for LeBron James
It seems that no matter what happens, LeBron James is faced with these challenges to prove he’s worthy of the greatness and immortality awaiting him once he retires from the NBA. The next one? Picking up the Miami Heat from their worst postseason performance in the Big Three era, and try to avoid a knockout blow in game 4 of the NBA finals.
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Tracy McGrady Still Hasn’t Scored any Points for the San Antonio Spurs
He isn’t going to get any meaningful minutes as his NBA career winds down with the prospect of winning a championship, but Tracy McGrady would at least like to score one point before he retires, hoping that at some point of his garbage time basketball for the San Antonio Spurs he’ll get on the scoreboard.
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Miami Heat – The Desolation of LeBron James
The Big Three won the “battle of the stars”, but it didn’t really matter, as LeBron James was forced to one of the worst games of his career, reminiscent of his struggles from his first NBA finals with the Miami Heat, finding it very difficult to both score on his own or make his teammates look good, letting his frustration get to him, playing selfishly and thoughtlessly the more the game got out of hand.
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San Antonio Spurs – Danny Green, Gary Neal & Kawhi Leonard Are The Real Big Three
Assuming the San Antonio Spurs needed a big game from their original big three, consisting of Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Tim Duncan, to win game 3 of the NBA Finals, was reading the signs wrong. Gregg Popovich did enjoy a triplet performing the way stars should, but it was the trio of Gary Neal, Danny Green and Kawhi Leonard that gave them the lead in the series once again.
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NBA Finals – Spurs vs Heat Game 3 Predictions
There’s some cliché about game 3 being the one that usually decides the series, but it seems a lot of the conclusions in NBA Finals are determined by who is the team that is able to gather momentum while making adjustments on the fly quicker than their opponents, which leads to the very important question: Which team, the Miami Heat, or the San Antonio Spurs, have more reasons to feel confident heading in the third game?