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Miami Heat – LeBron James Makes the NBA Look Unfair Sometimes
When LeBron James is this good, you really do wonder if there is any parity at all in the NBA, as he didn’t even need Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade, instead getting a bit of scoring help from Norris Cole and Ray Allen, but not too much, as the Miami Heat continued their late-season cruise towards securing home court advantage all through the playoffs.
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Playing 3000 Minutes Means no NBA Championship
To win an NBA title, apparently, you need your star player to clock in less than 3000 minutes a season, as the meaning of an NBA minute has changed over the years, becoming more physically taxing as time goes by, which might mean player like Kevin Durant or Kobe Bryant (who might not even make the postseason) need to take a rest before this season is over.
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Number One NBA Draft Picks Don’t Win NBA Championships
When you get that phone call during the NBA draft and realize you’re a number one pick, you might also get used to the fact that there isn’t much of a chance you’ll be winning the NBA title anytime soon, as only 8 of the last 35 number one draft picks went on to win a championship in their career, with LeBron James & the Miami Heat being the latest team to accomplish that feat.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Reminds Everyone Who the MVP Is
After taking a few days off to give other Miami Heat players, and especially Chris Bosh, some more sense of independence and self-empowerment, LeBron James is back to finish the season the right way – by winning, dominantly, and showing everyone that even without Dwyane Wade next to him, he’s so good he can lead his team to comfortable, uncontested wins.
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Best NBA Players in the Clutch This Season
While LeBron James may not score more than some others in clutch situations, the fact that the Miami Heat are by far the best team in the NBA on both offense and defense, outscoring opponents by 32 points per 100 possessions in the final minutes of close games, more than double the pace-adjusted margin of the second-ranked team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, with a positive margin of 13.8 points per 100 possessions in clutch situations.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James This Good Isn’t Fair on the NBA
The normal state of things in the East, in the NBA, for the Miami Heat – LeBron James putting on a show that is special on the eyes and on the stat sheet, while his team rebounds effortlessly from their nearly-record breaking winning streak being cruelly shattered.
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Chicago Bulls – The 2014 Plan
Out of nowhere, it looked like the Chicago Bulls, riding on Tom Thibodeau and Derrick Rose, might become a title contender a little earlier than planned. Then the injury happened, and everything was delayed. Looking ahead at the 2014 summer, the Chicago Bulls are hoping they can get either LeBron James or Dwyane Wade, maybe even both, to create a title-caliber team once again.
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Chicago Bulls – The Perfect Team to Stop LeBron James & Miami Heat
It wouldn’t be accurate to say that the Chicago Bulls stopped LeBron James; they just made life difficult for him and the rest of his teammates with their notoriously good team defense, some exceptional offense from Luol Deng to stop the Miami Heat and their almost NBA record breaking win streak at 27.
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LeBron James Shows Frustration With Flagrant Foul on Carlos Boozer
We’ve seen harder fouls in the past, but in the midst of a winning streak that has been a lot about keeping their composure, LeBron James slightly lost it as the Chicago Bulls ended the Miami Heat fantasy ride, picking up a flagrant foul by ramming Carlos Boozer with his shoulder as the game was slipping away in the final minutes.