I won’t make the Heat the outright favorites to win it all this season. I think the Lakers will have something to say about that, now that Dwight Howard, the NBA’s best center, and Steve Nash the NBA’s best pure passer, have both joined Kobe in LA.
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NBA Returns: Will the Heat and Lakers Meet in the Finals?
Posted: 31st October 2012 by DavidBurnett in Basketball, NBA, NBA FinalsTags: Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, NBA season starts, Steve Nash
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LeBron James: Getting Fitted for His Crown
Posted: 20th June 2012 by DavidBurnett in Basketball, NBA, NBA FinalsTags: coronation, crown, LeBron James, Miami Heat, NBA Finals, Oklahoma City Thunder
With a victory Tuesday night over the Oklahoma City Thunder, and now up three games to one, the Miami Heat are firmly in command and poised to win the NBA championship. But while basketball is a team game, a Heat title will really only be about one player.
The sport of basketball has been waiting a long time for this – a chance to crown King James, one of the most celebrated players in history. Game five in Miami on Thursday night should be his coronation.
In sports there is often a reference to “whose time it is”. It now seems that LeBron’s time has finally come.
Share on FacebookNBA Finals: The Mysteriously Shrinking LeBron James
Posted: 8th June 2011 by DavidBurnett in NBA, NBA FinalsTags: Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, LeBron shrinking, NBA Finals, shrinking
No athlete has been more examined, reviewed and critiqued than LeBron James has this season. But now that the Miami Heat have reached the NBA Finals as many predicted, the spotlight is shining even more intensely on him. And what it seems to be illuminating are some very serious flaws. LeBron, the NBA’s highest profile player, who is often compared to Michael Jordan in terms of all-around ability, has not been Jordanesque at all against the Dallas Mavericks.
Share on FacebookLeBron vs. Dirk Evokes Memories of Legendary Rivalry
Posted: 31st May 2011 by DavidBurnett in Basketball, NBA FinalsTags: Dallas Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki, LeBron James, Miami Heat, NBA Finals
The NBA Finals which tipoff tonight, will feature the Miami Heat against the Dallas Mavericks, the two teams who through three playoff rounds have clearly proven to be the best in the world this year. That said, the real headliners of this series are the Heat’s LeBron James and Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki.
This match up is reminiscent of the classic Bird versus Magic rivalry more than 25 years ago – two of the league’s most important stars playing the best basketball of their careers.
Share on FacebookThe Lakers: Whose Team Are They?
Posted: 17th June 2009 by DavidBurnett in Basketball, Champions, NBA, NBA FinalsTags: Kobe Bryant, Kobe's team, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Champions
The Los Angeles Lakers have just won their 15th NBA title. And because of his obvious importance, a lot of people believe the Lakers are Kobe Bryant’s team. After all he is their best player, and he did win the Bill Russell Most Valuable Player Award. But does that actually mean the Lakers are in […]
Share on FacebookRafer Alston Skips To Relevance
Posted: 10th June 2009 by DavidBurnett in Basketball, NBA, NBA FinalsTags: Jameer Nelson, NBA Finals, Rafer Alston, Skip to my Lou
I had just about written him off as another playground punk but I’m glad that at least for one game, the man known on asphalt courts as Skip to My Lou, was the main catalyst for his team. It was good to see Rafer Alston turn things around. Alston played an outstanding game Tuesday night […]
Share on FacebookThe Finals: NBA Healthier Than Ever
Posted: 1st June 2009 by DavidBurnett in Basketball, NBA, NBA FinalsTags: Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant, Lakers, Magic, NBA Finals
Even without the expected showdown of Kobe Bryant and LeBron James in the finals, the NBA is as healthy as its been since the end of the Michael Jordan era. The NBA Finals which tip-off on Thursday in Los Angeles are being aided by growing public interest in the NBA, which saw each of the […]
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