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Posted: Sun 12:17, 18 Aug 2013 Post subject: LeBron James takes Heat to Game 7 with Celtics |
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LeBron James takes Heat to Game 7 with Celtics,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
He needed none of it Thursday.
He had 30 points by halftime and spent the night silencing the Celtics crowd and perhaps some of the doubters he somehow still has. He set the tone for the game by making 6 of 7 shots and scoring 14 points in the first quarter, and he made sure the Heat were never challenged from there.
"I hope now you guys can stop talking about LeBron and he doesn't play in big games," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "He was pretty good tonight. So we can put that to bed and go play Game 7."
Meanwhile,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Pierce,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], whose 3-pointer over James was the biggest basket of Boston's Game 5 victory, missed 13 of 16 shots through three quarters, including all six 3-point attempts.
The Heat obviously weren't deflated by that loss and came to fight,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], scoring 10 straight points to build a 10-point lead shortly after Mario Chalmers was called for a technical foul after getting mixed up with Ray Allen. They extended it to 12 points later in the period,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], taking a 26-16 lead into the second after shooting 58 percent in the period.
Wade finally got on the board with a jumper to open the second,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but he seemed strangely passive even with Miami trying to save its season.
No matter,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. James didn't need the help,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
He had consecutive baskets for a 15-point lead and came up with a basket every time the Celtics tried to get any rhythm,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. He soared high above the rim - and any other player - for a follow dunk after the Celtics had crept within eight in the final 2 minutes of the half. Miami led 55-42 at the break,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
James made 12 of his first 13 shots before missing from the perimeter on his final attempt of the half,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
Only Rondo kept it from being a blowout,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], scoring 19 points and adding five assists in the half. Relishing the challenge, he even emulated Garnett by doing a couple of knuckle pushups after being knocked to the court while drawing a foul, but he couldn't keep up with James and needed some help that never arrived.
The Celtics,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], trying desperately for one last championship before the expected breakup of their Big Three,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], hope this one doesn't get added to recent series losses against Orlando in 2009 and the Lakers in the NBA finals in 2010, when they lost Game 6s with chances to win series and then fell in Game 7.
James' first basket of the third quarter increased the lead to 17 points, and from there it was just a matter of coming up with another score any time the Celtics tried to make a run.
Boston never came close, and when a 3-pointer by Shane Battier made it 81-63 with 10:19 to play,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Rivers spent part of a timeout standing alone on the court with his arms folded, leaving it to the players to try to come up with an answer that wasn't there.
Bosh entered with 5 ½ minutes left in the first quarter of his second game back after missing nine with a lower abdominal strain, finishing with seven points and six rebounds.
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