2012 NBA Finals: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Miami Heat

[King Taharqa]

[2] Oklahoma City Thunder (47-19)

PG-#0 Russell Westbrook

UCLA '08

6'3 190 lbs

21.7 PPG 5.1 RPG 5.6 APG 1.7 SPG

SG-#2 Thabo Sefolosha

Switzerland '06

6'7 215 lbs

5.5 PPG 2.9 RPG 1.4 APG 36.8 3PT%

SF-#35 Kevin Durant

Texas '07

6'9 235 lbs

27.8 PPG 7.9 RPG 4.2 APG 50.5 FG% 36.4 3PT%

PF-#9 Serge Ibaka

Congo '08

6'10 235 lbs

10.7 PPG 5.9 RPG 3.2 BPG

C-#5 Kendrick Perkins

Clifton J. Ozen HS '05 (Beaumont, TX)

6'10 275 lbs

4.7 PPG 6.0 RPG

BENCH

PG-#37 Derek Fisher

SG-#14 Daequan Cook

SF-#13 James Harden

PF-#4 Nick Collison

C-#8 Nazr Mohammed

HEAD COACH

Scott Brooks

[King Taharqa]

[2] Miami Heat (46-20)

PG-#15 "Rio" Chalmers

Kansas '08

6'2 190 lbs

11.6 PPG 3.9 RPG 3.9 APG 36.2 3PT%

SG-#3 Dwyane "Flash" Wade

Marquette '03

6'4 220 lbs

22.9 PPG 5.0 RPG 4.1 APG 1.7 SPG 1.3 BPG 47.0 FG%

SF-#6 LeBron "King" James

St. Vincent-St. Mary HS '03 (Akron, OH)

6'8 260 lbs

30.8 PPG 9.6 RPG 5.1 APG 1.9 SPG 50.8 FG%

PF-#31 Shane Battier

Duke '01

6'8 225 lbs

5.7 PPG 3.2 RPG 32.1 3PT%

C-#1 Chris Bosh

Georgia Tech '03

6'11 235 lbs

13.7 PPG 6.9 RPG 52.3 FG% 62.5 3PT%

BENCH

PG-#30 Norris Cole

SG-#13 Mike Miller

SF-#22 James Jones

PF-#50 Joel Anthony

PF-#40 Udonis Haslem

C-#21 Ronny Turiaf

HEAD COACH

Erik Spoelstra

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This is the matchup we all wanted to see. Miami Heat vs. OKC Thunder. LeBron vs. Durant. I think this will be a great Finals. That being said, the clear favorite for this Finals is the OKC Thunder. They have been on a tear out west, have had a few days off, have the better coach, and have homecourt advantage. At times the Thunder look unstoppable, and I think this Finals is theirs to lose. Despite that, I'm gonna take the UNDERDOG Heat to win this one in 6 great games. The Heat's only chance is if LeBron, Wade, & Bosh bring their A games and get consistent contributions from the Heat supporting cast of Battier, Miller, and Chalmers. LeBron haters shouldnt expect a bad Finals from him this go round, he's been dominating all playoffs and has no excuses this year. I cant wait for this one to tip off Tuesday night in OKC!

[B wood]

This is the matchup we all wanted to see. Miami Heat vs. OKC Thunder. LeBron vs. Durant. I think this will be a great Finals. That being said, the clear favorite for this Finals is the OKC Thunder. They have been on a tear out west, have had a few days off, have the better coach, and have homecourt advantage. At times the Thunder look unstoppable, and I think this Finals is theirs to lose. Despite that, I'm gonna take the UNDERDOG Heat to win this one in 6 great games. The Heat's only chance is if LeBron, Wade, & Bosh bring their A games and get consistent contributions from the Heat supporting cast of Battier, Miller, and Chalmers. LeBron haters shouldnt expect a bad Finals from him this go round, he's been dominating all playoffs and has no excuses this year. I cant wait for this one to tip off Tuesday night in OKC!

....just bookmarking this KT quote for future reference

[B wood]

Durant wins his 1st NBA Championship & LeBron loses his 3rd.

[King Taharqa]

If Im Durant and the Thunder Im nervous as hell SNO is picking me to win after being so sure Boston would beat Miami. Dude is always wrong. LOL

[B wood]

If Im Durant and the Thunder Im nervous as hell SNO is picking me to win after being so sure Boston would beat Miami. Dude is always wrong. LOL

Not all the time. I predicted Carolina to pick Cam Newton #1 back in October of '10. I was ran off this board as a joke. Hindsight is a bitch.

You should ditch the Bobcats avatar. You are the biggest LeBron/Heat fanboy I've ever seen. And they are divisional rivals of Charlotte.

[King Taharqa]

You really thought old ass Boston could stop LeBron, jokes on you.. LeBron broke up the Big 3 in Boston. Theyll never play together again thanks to him.

[B wood]

You really thought old ass Boston could stop LeBron, jokes on you.. LeBron broke up the Big 3 in Boston. Theyll never play together again thanks to him.

Talk is cheap. Garnett, Pierce, Allen, & Rondo are world champions. LeBron is just another Malone.

[Crixtala]

You really thought old ass Boston could stop LeBron, jokes on you.. LeBron broke up the Big 3 in Boston. Theyll never play together again thanks to him.

Thanks to Lebron? C'Mon now... that doesn't even make sense...

[King Taharqa]

Him knocking them out the playoffs 2 years in a row is why Celtic GM wants to break the team up and rebuild.

[Kakarot]

Thunder in 6.

This is the finals matchup I wanted. Durant leads the small market Oklahoma franchise to their first of many championships.

[Crixtala]

Him knocking them out the playoffs 2 years in a row is why Celtic GM wants to break the team up and rebuild.

i'm sure it has nothing to do with two of the 'big three' being UFA's, right?

[Panther_Brotherhood]

OKC in 7

[B wood]

OKC in 4