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LeBron James passive play cost the Heat a title!!!

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LeBron James passive play cost the Heat a title!!! 

Post#1 » by TyroneNBAFan » Mon Jun 30, 2014 4:30 am

...is what I hear from a LOT of people.

So, what if Lebron put up his 2009 ECF Orlando averages of 38/8/8 on 51%FG in the 2014 finals, would that have tipped the scales for the Heat and won then the series?

Keep in mind, the Cavs lost that series in 6 when Lebron went HAM and posted those numbers.
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Re: LeBron James passive play cost the Heat a title!!! 

Post#2 » by lolcat » Mon Jun 30, 2014 4:37 am

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Post#4 » by GreenHat » Mon Jun 30, 2014 6:35 am

Spurs had a 120+ Ortg in the series. There is nothing Lebron could do short of making 2-3 clones of himself to play defense.
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Re: LeBron James passive play cost the Heat a title!!! 

Post#5 » by SweetTouch » Mon Jun 30, 2014 8:40 am

GreenHat wrote:Spurs had a 120+ Ortg in the series. There is nothing Lebron could do short of making 2-3 clones of himself to play defense.


That's what we need

A lebron like player

Get it down RILEY.

LBJ locks down Parker like he did. Now we need someone who can contain Kawi
Stop being so disrespectful.
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Re: LeBron James passive play cost the Heat a title!!! 

Post#6 » by homecourtloss » Mon Jun 30, 2014 8:59 am

57%, 51% from three, 68% TS and we got blown out. Three different all-time type quarters in which he was raining threes and not missing and we didn't one of those games. Spurs had an ORtg of 120.8, the highest in finals history. James could have scored 40 a game on 70% TS, and we might still have lost.
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Post#7 » by dancing2thabeet » Mon Jun 30, 2014 11:36 am

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Post#8 » by Golden Angel » Mon Jun 30, 2014 1:47 pm

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Re: LeBron James passive play cost the Heat a title!!! 

Post#9 » by LEIF » Mon Jun 30, 2014 2:11 pm

Yeah.......No...
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