2012 NBA Finals: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Miami Heat

[CarolinaPride5]

OKC in 6. LeBron drops to 0-3 in the Finals, Durant becomes the face of the NBA already at his young age. Durant will outplay LeBron, Westbrook will be unstoppable, and hopefully Harden does his thing. Ibaka should be able to shut down Bosh.

[Anybodyhome]

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

Ummm, no.

Garnett and Allen's contracts are up and Paul Pierce is heading into the final year on his deal.

Ignorant statement.

[Sapper]

Get that second ring Nazr, just like AMorr did!

In all seriousness though, I am really looking forward to this series. Boston/SA would have been a great swan song to illustrious careers of many future HoFer's and this series will be the young guns vs. the possible end to another Big 3. The Heat need this or else they will be deemed a failure - fair or unfair, this will be a big blotch on their resume for the rest of their careers. Not because it will be a bad loss - the Thunder are stout - but because the draft class of '03 (arguably the best draft ever) will be outdone by a team pieced together through a handful of drafts.

Most importantly, our guy Cho will have a lot of credit for piecing together that team and should have our 'Cats fans with a lot to look forward to!

[nickzz]

tough one. i'm saying miam heat in 7 games. could probably go either way, tho. haven't been wrong yet!

(chicago doesn't count because d-rose went down)

[King Taharqa]

I updated the starting lineups with their 2012 playoff stats instead of the regular season. It gives a more accurate reflection of how guys are producing right now.

[Ivan The Awesome]

OKC in 7.

[holderoftruth]

should be a great series, have the Heat in 7

[Ken]

Nice start to the game. Offense on top but we'll see how the game develops.

[B wood]

Miami 3pt shooting will come down to earth.

[Crixtala]

Durant needs to grab this game by the nuts and take it over

[Ken]

D Wade having an AWFUL game. Too many times he's taken the flow out of the offense by taking unnecessary jump shots. His fault the Heat are down.

[B wood]

D Wade having an AWFUL game. Too many times he's taken the flow out of the offense by taking unnecessary jump shots. His fault the Heat are down.

WRONG. LeBron is the MVP. If he wasn't a bitch & would demand the ball Wade wouldn't have to force shots. Westbrook takes bad shots but Durant has still took over & dominated the 4th. LeBron is pulling another NBA Finals 4th quarter CHOKE.

LeBron only has 2 & Durant already has 13 in the 4th.

KT & LeBron fanboys have no more excuses.

[Ken]

What game were you watching? Did you see that 3rd quarter?

LeBron hasn't played well in the 4th but I can't say he's chocking.

KD should not be guarded by Wade.

[God]

This is how you close a game.