Miami Heat rely emphatically
on 3 players (I call them the holy Trinity) Lebron James , Dwayne Wade and
Chris Bosh with the rest of the players taking on the role of supporting cast
members. Lebron James has so far been outstanding during the course of the
playoffs but the finals come with pressure and he will want to shake off the
inglorious tag of a "choker". If the Heat are going to win the entire
series, they will no doubt need James to play out of his skin. He is averaging
30 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists and has a plus 32 rating. Dwayne Wade
needs to come to the party and be much more offensive and stand his ground in
this series just like he was against the Indiana Pacers who had no answer for
him
Chris Bosh has pretty much
been touch and go during the Playoff series, missing games with injury and he still
looks weary, the Heat can ill afford that. They need a fully fit Chris Bosh to
deal with Kendrik Perkins and Ibaka and keep them off the glass and deal with
them defensively. He also needs to step up to the plate offensively to really
contribute meaningfully to their cause
The Miami Heat will face a
tough and niggling problem in Russel Westbrook. They simply do not have anyone
in their ranks to deal with and cope with his energy, to somehow manage this
problem they will have to rotate defenders just to cope because he will run
them ragged. He however has the tendency to go overboard and lose his head offensively;
charging into players, creating offensive turnovers and been overly selfish
James Harden has to come with
his "A" game and remain consistent with his energy levels, while
Ibaka will have to be alert defensively to stop the Heat or at least slow them
down, with the way things stand the
series might go the full length of 7 games with the Thunder taking it all
(there I said it).
The Heat are much older than
the Thunder and are more experienced but the Thunder have a voracious appetite
for success and of course are well rested and relaxed after knocking out the
Spurs in fewer games, so its youthful exuberance against the more experienced
heads.
The Heat have no such luxury,
they dragged their semi final series with the Celtics to game 7 which means
they're drained both physically, emotionally and psychologically.
I give it to the Oklahoma
City Thunder to take it in 6 games with Kevin Durant winning his very first
Finals MVP award while James and the Heat carry on as "Chokers"
Anything can happen though.
It is the NBA and you've just got to Love it.
Seyi Ajayi (@seyimanu)
Head; Media & Publicity
Tactics IQ Limited
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