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Miami Heat – Time to Grab the NBA Finals by the Throat
The Miami Heat’s last win, which brought the offensive powers of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh together for the first time in this postseason, means it’s time to stop trading blows and adjustments, and simply let their talent take them towards a second consecutive win in the finals.
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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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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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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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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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The Embarrassing Numbers by the Miami Heat & LeBron James in Their Game 3 Loss
The Miami Heat losing by 36 points becomes one of the more lopsided losses in NBA finals history. How bad? Only twice has game ended in a wider margin: In 1998, when the Bulls beat the Utah Jazz by 42 points, and in 2008, when the Celtics beat the Lakers by 39 points.
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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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LeBron James Blocks Tiago Splitter – Best of the Playoffs, Best of His Career
For about two and a half quarters, it wasn’t the expected performance from LeBron James, once again struggling to score against the San Antonio Spurs. But during the Miami Heat’s late third-quarter run that turned into a fourth quarter rout, James pulled off his most incredible dunk, by blocking Tiago Splitter on his way to a rim shattering dunk.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tim Duncan & Kawhi Leonard Need to Keep Stopping LeBron James
Keeping LeBron James on 18 points while shooting 43.8% from the field is as close to stopping him as you can get, and in order to keep him “down” at that level once more, it’s up to Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard to continue to play at the same defensive level they showed in game 1 of the NBA finals.