At Guard, from Kansas, number 15, Mario Chalmers:
At Guard, from Marquette, number 3, Dwyane Wade:
At Forward, from St. Vincent-St.Mary High School, number 6, Lebron James:
At Forward, from Duke, number 31, Shane Battier:
At Center, from Georgia Tech, number 1, Chris Bosh:
vs.
Chokelahoma City Blunder
Russell Westbrick:
Thabo Sefolosha:
Kevin Durcan't:
Serge Ibaka:
Kendrick Porkins:
Key Matchups:
Lebron James vs. Kevin Durant
Dwyane Wade vs. Russell Westbrook
Shane Battier vs. James Harden
Chris Bosh vs. Serge Ibaka/Nick Collison/Kendrick Perkins
Coaching Matchup:
While the Thunder had a better start than they did in Games 1 and 2, a problem from Game 2 reappeared and helped them to fall into a 2-1 hole. Kevin Durant's foul trouble has kept him out of key stretches of Games 2 and 3 and Scott Brooks looks to mitigate this problem by putting other defenders on Lebron James and Dwyane Wade. Scott Brooks is also receiving criticism for his benching of Westbrook in the 3rd quarter at a time when Durant was also not on the floor. For the Heat, James Jones looks to play himself into more time in Game 4 after a strong showing in Game 3. Erik Spoelstra and the rest of the Heat coaching staff will urge the players to keep their foot on the gas pedal to avoid losing the Finals again after taking a 2-1 lead. Shane Battier continues to spark the starting lineup with his deadeye shooting while Brooks might look, for the first time in this series, to make a change in his starting lineup.
Go Heat!
