After watching tonight's tragic 4th quarter collapse of the Boston Celtics, I was left wondering where the Miami Heat's sudden ability to be clutch came from. The Heat scored the last 16 points of the game en route to a 97-87 victory in Miami which saw them knock Boston out of the playoffs. If I remember correctly, the end of the regular season saw the Heat finishing with a league-worst 1-18 shooting in game-winning or game-tying shots. You would think that having three perennial all-star players would create an embarrassment of riches that would afford the team a lot of options down the stretch of a tight game.
So where did this sudden outburst of clutch shooting come from? Well it seems to me that LeBron James has finally stepped up his game to the point of which he can take control of a game again, just as we were accustomed to in Cleveland.
After shooting just 2-8 from the field in the 1st half, LeBron scored the final 10 points of the game including the three-pointer that put the Heat up for good with 2:10 left as well as the three-pointer that essentially clinched the series for the Heat with 40.4 seconds remaining. After hitting the huge three, LeBron turned and posed for some fans who screamed in delight; vintage LeBron.
LeBron's late-game heroics against a very experienced and capable Boston team have officially put an end to the speculation that LeBron and the Heat cannot be effective late in games.
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