NBA Finals Corner

NBA Final Corner…

Who would have thought that the NBA finals would have been this exciting without the East and West Champions from last year. The top teams were knocked out in the second round of the championships. I wonder would the Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavericks be in the finals if the best teams in the WEST and EAST were healthy and playing at their best. Never the less the finals have been an interesting one with close games coming down to the wire and keeping the series tied. One would only think that the Heat will come back with a win in Miami Sunday, June 12. But if they do not, what will that say about the dream team consisting of Chris Bosh, Lebron James and Dwayne Wade. No one thought that they would have got this far their first year together. Season started out rocky for the team with James and Wade each not wanting to take the lead role and passing the ball when they should be taking shots.

As we move in this series we see the problem that James cannot seem to pull through at the end of the game. Like everyone has said, it seems that he checks out at the end of the game. Could it be that he is no Kobe Bryant or Michael Jordan? If he does not win this year with the help that he clearly did not have with Cleveland, then it is only safe to say that it may just be him. He may not be ready to take that lead role of carrying a team to reach the RING! James has been under ten points for the pass five games. Thursday night was his first triple double of the series. Where has this guy been? Yet the Heat still lost the game. James has not been that crutch player that the Heat needs him to be. Falling short with much needed baskets.

I can see the Mavs pulling away from this series with a win and Jason Kidd and Dirk Nowitzki getting a ring finally. They just seem to be the better team. Miami cannot hold off the threes that Jason Terry, Josh Barea and Nowitzki are providing. Tyson Chandler is stepping up to be the big man they need in the paint. Both teams want it bad but Dallas seem to be the team that can come up from behind and fight until the end. Four out of the last five games, Dallas has been behind until the third quarter and they have come back to putting pressure on the Heat.

It will be interesting to see if James can be the player that so many think of him as. Lets see if he can shut Skip Bayless up. By the looks though he is proving Bayless right. James has to prove himself and perform in the clutch for the next two games!