STAT OF THE NIGHT

LeBron James, plus/minus: -24

It’s a team sport, and the responsibility for the loss is on every member of the Heat. That being said… in the forty minutes that “best player in the world” LeBron James was in the game, the Miami Heat were outscored by 24 points. Yeah, he should hide his face right now.

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Swag of the Century

The story’s been told plenty of times, but it almost can’t possibly be repeated enough. Jason Terry got the Larry O’Brien trophy tattooed on his arm - and then he went out and won the damn NBA title. 27 points in the clincher, and he can cancel that appointment for laser removal now.

GAME FACE.

We Are All Witnesses.

Look at this Heat fan, who is going to receive a strongly-worded letter from Shaquille O’Neal tomorrow.

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“You’re not dreaming, DeShawn. Ian Mahinmi is playing in the NBA finals!”

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Look at this Mavericks fan, who appears to be holding an antique version of the trophy from the Shooting Stars competition, and a bejeweled Dirk Nowitki Hulk Hand.

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“LeBron, tell me how my ass tastes.”

The only time Mike Miller looks truly happy is when Crazy Town’s “Butterfly” plays over the arena sound system.

Chris Bosh puts Jason Kidd on a poster!

Just kidding. No one would ever buy a Chris Bosh poster.

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“No layups!” is a constant refrain in the NBA playoffs, but rarely does it so directly determine the outcome of a game. Jason Kidd may be 38 years old, but he still lives that shit, delivering a double-armed takedown of Wade on a breakaway. Wade couldn’t get the easy two, and then, still shaken by the J-Kidd collision, missed one of his two subsequent free throws. Maybe he thought Kidd was going to throw a cookie at him?

Kidd reached deep for the strength to foul this hard. He thought of his jealousy, when Jim Jackson stole Toni Braxton. He remembered the white-hot rage of Alonzo Mourning when he attacked Kenyon Martin for making fun of his bad kidney. He thought of the stupid face Keith Van Horn made every time he thought he was fouled, and how infuriating that was. But mainly, he remembered growing up on the mean streets boulevards of the Oakland Hills, going to prep school on the hardscrabble island of Alameda, and how it felt during college, when his favorite Berkeley cafe ran out of the organic tabouleh, and he had to eat his falafel with the regular kind. And all that resentment turned into pure aggression that denied Dwyane Wade’s dunk attempt.

THE EAST BAY SAYS “NO LAYUPS!” AND START COMPOSTING ALREADY!

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(Sean Keane)

DeShawn Stevenson was pulled from the starting lineup tonight, but he hit three three-pointers, and played shutdown defense throughout the fourth quarter. Perhaps sweeter than the victory for Stevenson was that he outscored his arch-nemesis LeBron James, 11-8. Somebody call Soulja Boy!

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