Friday, June 21, 2013

The Miami Heat Miraculously Win Back to Back NBA Titles


Just think, the line that separates greatness and goodness is paper thin. The thrill of hoisting up NBA Finals championship trophy and the agony of settling for second place in basketball can be determined by one play. Lebron James couldn’t have said it better. With 25 seconds left in Game 6 of the NBA finals he thought to himself  “Nine months of hard work is about to go down the drain”. Danny Green misses his free throw; Ray Allen eventually hits a game tying three-pointer which sends the game into overtime. And the rest as they say is history.

Many references were made as to how close the Spurs were to being World Champions. The NBA committee had Larry O’Brien trophy on the floor ready to present it to the San Antonio Spurs. You could not have been any closer to victory than they were. Let’s just imagine for a moment that Danny Green hits his free throws to seal the game, or the Heat don’t get an offensive rebound on consecutive trips to hit the game tying daggers in the heart of the Spurs. Then Tim Duncan adds a 5th championship ring to his collection. Tony Parker and Danny Green then fight over who is the NBA Finals MVP. The Miami Heat lose two of three NBA Finals that the “Big Three” (James, Wade, Bosh) play in. Lebron moves his Finals record to 1-3 (nowhere near superhuman). The window closes on the Heat as they prepare to make changes and split the team up. Lebron then shows that he can’t shoulder the burden of carrying the team each and every night as other mega stars have done in order to win their championship. The talk then moves to will he ever win another NBA title instead of how many will he win.


But on that night, whether you believe that the stars were lined up properly or that there was divine intervention, the Heat moved one step closer to making history as one of the select few teams who have won back to back NBA titles. I’m sure Lebron will agree today that Life Is Good! There’s no need to wonder “What If?”

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