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Kevin Durant Obsessed With Being Inferior to LeBron James
A huge game for Kevin Durant as the Oklahoma City Thunder destroyed the Indiana Pacers was also the next step in his transformation from a beloved, likable superstar on the rise to a player with a chip on his shoulder, obsessed about his own numbers, success and the perception of him in the media, which might have a negative effect on everything he’s hoping to achieve.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Great When the Plan is Working
Even without Dwyane Wade, the Miami Heat didn’t have too much trouble getting their own dose of payback against the Detroit Pistons, beating them 110-95 with another almost triple-double from LeBron James, who along with his teammates played the right way to overcome a key absentee and the usual problems in the paint and on the boards.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James & Dwyane Wade Put on a Show
After getting some rest, which coincided with two consecutive losses for the Miami Heat, Dwyane Wade was back in festive mood, which resulted in some entertaining basketball on the court, combining for some high flying alley oops with his partner in crime, LeBron James, and pulling off yet another post-game photobomb while LeBron was getting interviewed, drawing even more attention to himself.
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Miami Heat – Rebounding a Problem, But Nothing to Panic About
Even though the Miami Heat have been a terrible rebounding team for the last three years, the key to beating them usually hasn’t been by simply winning on the boards. It’s been about moving the ball quickly against them on defense, and preventing the Heat from doing the same on offense, trying to turn their offense into a one on one gimmick through LeBron James or Dwyane Wade.
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Even LeBron James Gets Lazy Sometimes
The 82-game long NBA season allows you to take nights off while playing. Dwyane Wade got some rest by sitting out the Miami Heat’s loss to the Detroit Pistons in order to give his knee some scheduled rest, while LeBron James had a rest of his own, setting a bad example in a game that was about not thinking, and not even trying that hard for plenty of minutes.
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Miami Heat – Chris Bosh Finishes What LeBron James Started
In a season that’s about the Miami Heat battling with the immense expectations of the hard-to-achieve three-peat while trying not to feel bored, arrogant and complacent against some of the weaker opposition they encounter, it’s good to have someone like Chris Bosh, who doesn’t mind hiding in the shadows until it’s time for him to step up and assist LeBron James or Dwyane Wade with a barrage of clutch three pointers to spark and cap off a fourth quarter comeback.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Building a Nice Little Winning Streak
After beating the Toronto Raptors 90-83, the Miami Heat have now won nine consecutive games, all while LeBron James is putting on one of the more impressive seasons in terms of efficiency and shooting accuracy to go along with what we’ve come to expect of him, which is more or less greatness, and being the best player in the NBA.
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Heat vs Cavs – LeBron James Doesn’t Offer Hometown Discounts
Over the last few years, LeBron James has saved some of his best performances as a Miami Heat player for his returns to Cleveland and facing his former team, the scorn Cavaliers, who suddenly want their old franchise player back. That isn’t happening anytime soon, and so isn’t having it easy against the NBA champions, strolling to a 95-84 win, their 8th in a row.
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Kobe Bryant & The Lakers – NBA Loyalty Costs Money
No one has really been able to rationalize completely the reasoning behind the Los Angeles Lakers giving Kobe Bryant a two year extension that keeps him as the highest paid player in the NBA. But is this really such a bad thing to happen? It might mean the Lakers aren’t going to be able to give Bryant that sixth title ring he thinks he’s going to get, but it does make a case for franchises compensating players for some years of underpaying them.
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Suns vs Heat – LeBron James Doesn’t Even Seem Like He’s Trying
One of the scary things about LeBron James is how easy things seem to be for him sometimes. He finished with 35 points on an almost perfect shooting night to lead the Miami Heat over the Phoenix Suns in a 107-92 win, and hardly broke a sweat doing it.