Heat Blast Lakers; Control Kobe

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Two great wins in a row for the Miami Heat as they came home after a long road trip to face the Spurs and now the Los Angeles Lakers. The scoreboard blazed 98-87 but the game was not nearly as close as the score would indicate. The Heat got 31 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 [...]

Heat Mount Historic Comeback Against Spurs

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The numbers 17 and 22 might only be separated by 5, but the disparity shown by the Heat last night is as deep as the emerging difference between the Spurs and the Heat as franchises. The Spurs have been a long running NBA flagship franchise. For the 15 seasons that Tim Duncan has been in [...]

Defense, Not Ego, Cost Heat Championship

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Even after the Mavs have won the title, the media can’t stop trying to make it all about Lebron James. In praising the Mavs and their style of play, they seem to want to portray the Heat as the antithesis – a team all about ego, superstars, Hollywood, glitz. A team with all sizzle and [...]

Mavericks Stamp Out Heat; Rise to Champions

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It wasn’t supposed to end this way, but end this way it did. It was supposed to end with Wade and Lebron, hugging at center court, with the trophy in their grasp. It was supposed to be a moment of elation, a moment of validation. It was supposed to be a moment where the criticism [...]

Lebron’s Legacy a Hot Topic; Everyone Needs to Chill

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Michael Jordan’s legacy was not formulated in one Finals game, let alone one Finals loss. Sure, he didn’t ever have a game where he only scored 8 points, but Larry Bird did – a few times. Greatness is not measured in one game alone. If that was the case, the list would be much longer [...]