We've seen LeBron James in situations like the one he'll face on Sunday, when the Miami Heat return to the Alamo City in search of a season-saving victory. Thirteen times in his career has James faced imminent elimination.
But never before has it seemed quite like this. Not after watching his team get dismantled by the San Antonio Spurs, not once, but twice.
In Miami.
Never have James' Heat looked quite so vulnerable, quite so weak and quite so desperate for the best player in the NBA to take his game to another level—somehow, someway.
That's exactly how they looked in Game 4 of the 2013 Finals, much to the dismay of the hordes of Heat fans that streamed out of AmericanAirlines Arena well before the final buzzer on Miami's 107-86 defeat.
James wasn't the problem, by any means. He scored a game-high 28 points—19 in the third quarter alone—on just 17 shots. He was effective on the glass, grabbing eight boards. He took much better care of the ball on Thursday than he did on Tuesday, cutting his turnover total from seven down to three.It was his supporting cast, rather, that's still withering. Chris Bosh, who was largely a non-factor in Game 3, came out much more aggressively in Game 4, scoring six points in the first seven minutes. But the native Texan managed just six points over the last 32 minutes he spent on the floor.
Dwyane Wade had been effective and fresh for most of the playoffs, up until this latest buzz saw act by the Spurs. The eye test said he looked slow and lacked explosion in his legs. The stats merely corroborated that observation: as many points as missed shots (10), as many assists as missed free throws (four).The point guards' tandem disappearing act continued unabated, even as Mario Chalmers tried to find his shot after losing it earlier in these playoffs. Five straight double-digit scoring games by Rashard Lewis—and the energy expended therein—gave way to a two-point night for the former All-Star.Even Ray Allen endured his worst game of this series, with just eight points in his 30 minutes.
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