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Miami HEAT are NBA CHAMPIONS



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After two seasons of drama and high expectations, LeBron James snatched his first NBA championship.
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LeBron perseveres, finally delivers on his promise


Posted Jun 22 2012 9:18AM
MIAMI -- Once again we found them dancing and laughing and whooping it up before they won a title. LeBron James. Dwyane Wade. Chris Bosh. The Big Three set free. They were on the bench, hugging, jumping, pointing, hugging some more. Just like they did two summers ago in this very same arena, ever so controversially, in front of this very same hysterical crowd.
Then the final two minutes of the NBA Finals ticked off, and it was official. And when the promised title was secured and the Lawrence O'Brien trophy squeezed tightly by James, there was not one, not two, not three, not four, but five tons lifted from their shoulders.
"It's about damn time!" James said.
You can hate. But you must appreciate. You must acknowledge how the Heat rallied from deficits in three playoff series to win. How they hung tight when Bosh suffered an abdominal strain. How they beat an Oklahoma City team with as much fire and star power, if not more.
And especially how James picked himself off the psychiatrist's sofa last summer, when he was laughed at and lampooned by the basketball world, and went back to work in smashing if not historic fashion.
The 2012 champions are a team specifically built to do this, to entertain basketball fans, to go on a deep run through June, and obviously, to feel the confetti falling from the sky. It came a year later than they thought, and who knows if the future will bring the multiple rings they promised. But right here and now, none of that matters. It's about the present. It's about being champs.
And did you see how it all came together, in Game 5, from tip to buzzer? Wade added 20 points and some amazing blocks on hustle plays. Bosh added 24 points and showed the toughness his detractors said he lacked.
But this was really about James and a wicked playoff performance that stretched to the very end. He scored and passed and rebounded, as he did all winter, all spring, all summer. His average of 28.6 points, 10.2 rebounds and 7.4 assists earned him the series MVP vote in a Roosevelt-like landslide.
It was the kind of epic run that places James among the all-time greats, in terms of production, clutch play and sheer will. The difference is, nobody in the past dealt with the public backlash quite like James, and therefore his mental toughness was championship-like as well.
Instead of the angry and bitter and in his admission, "immature" player who lost the NBA Finals a year ago by coming up short in close games, James was humble and introspective as the champagne began to dry.
"It took me to go all the way to the top and then hit rock bottom to realize what I needed to do as a professional athlete and as a person," he said. "I was just happy I was able to get back to this position. I was happy I was able to do it the right way, and do it for myself and not for anyone else."
His mind suddenly relieved and his championship secured, James kept the emotions flowing.
"Everything that went along with being a high school prodigy, to being drafted and having to be the face of a franchise, everything that came with it, I had to learn through it. No one had gone through that journey, so I had to do it on my own. I had to figure it out oon my own.
"The best thing that happened to me was losing the Finals, and me playing the way I played," he revealed, "because basically, I got back to the basics. I knew I was going to have to change as a basketball player and as a person to get what I wanted. It just happened one year later."
Yes, one year later, when the curtain reopened, we saw a player possessed and a man who impressed. James didn't commit a PR stumble, didn't say or do the wrong thing, didn't rub anyone the wrong way. It was basketball with a purpose -- to win a championship -- and a person with a purpose. And that was to regain the good standing he enjoyed before he left Cleveland amid a blizzard of criticism, some deserved, but most of it way over the top. James never committed a crime but was treated harsher than athletes who actually committed crimes. He became a public punching bad for an increasingly annoyed and skeptical and critical and viral sports world, where the residents hold athletes to a higher behavioral standard than people who actually came into their lives.
James pushed through anyway, chipping away at his "image" with performances that screamed and a persona that soothed.
"I think this meant everything to him," said Bosh, "just the work he put in. At one point last summer I asked him, `how have you been doing?' I just wanted to check on him. He said he hadn't come out of the house.
"Just to see the perseverance he had and to witness it everyday, his progression as a leader and his will to win, I mean, it's incredible. It's been unbelievable to witness."
James grabbed a triple-double in the final game, a truly dominant effort. A year ago, he pretended to mock the illness of Dirk Nowitzki, the biggest star on the other bench, further soiling his image. Thursday, he held a long embrace with a teary Kevin Durant and wished him well.
Wade talked of a team meeting this season where James opened up about his struggles, professionally and publically.
"He kind of let us in on what it's like to be LeBron James," Wade said. "None of us really know. So I'm happy for him. I don't know if I could be happier for another man to succeed in life like I'm happy for him. I know what he went through to get to this point.
"He took being the best player in the league to another level, and he did it all season long. Thanks to him, we're all able to celebrate once again."
Yes. Two years after they appeared from the manufactured smoke and haze on a stage built for them at a pep rally, two years after they were formed by team president Pat Riley to the delight of seemingly no one outside the 305, the Big Three have reason to kick their heels.
And LeBron James? Did he just kick his bad image? Well, that's up to you to decide. Either way, he and the Heat aren't thinking about that right now. They're too busy ... dancing.
"I want to ask permission," said Riley, in the middle of the jubilation. "Can we have a party tonight? Is it OK to have a party?"
Yes. Have at it. There's finally something to celebrate.






source: http://www.nba.com/2012/news/features/shaun_powell/06/22/lebron-finals-mvp/index.html

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LeBron, Heat rest up for Game 5 with Pacers


On the plane ride home from Indiana, Miami guard Dwyane Wade was watching a LeBron James highlight tape. It was otherwise known as Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
The Heat were still marveling Monday at James' effort the previous day in Indiana, when the NBA's reigning MVP had 40 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists - "video game-like," was how Wade described it - to help his team knot its East series with the Pacers at two games apiece. Game 5 is Tuesday night in Miami, and the Heat know they probably can't expect James to fill the box score that way again anytime soon.
After all, no one had done that in a playoff game since Elgin Baylor, 51 years ago.
But if nothing else, the home-court advantage is back with the Heat, who trailed by 10 points in the third quarter Sunday before the game -- and maybe the series -- swung Miami's way, with James doing the conducting.
Those things James did Sunday - he played 44 minutes and grabbed nine rebounds in the fourth quarter alone, matching what anyone else on the floor did in the entirety of Game 4 - took a toll. As James finished shooting free throws on the Heat practice court Monday, he looked toward assistant coach Bob McAdoo and yawned. He walked around slowly. Then he yawned again.
So, LeBron, how were you feeling after Game 4?
"I don't have any," James deadpanned. "It's definitely going to be a recovery and mental day for me."
It was pretty much the same thinking Monday in Indianapolis, where the Pacers spent time before their flight to Miami lamenting that they wasted a chance to take command of the series, but at the same time finding some solace in the fact that they have already won once on the Heat home floor in these playoffs.
The Pacers lost by 35 in Miami in January, and have been outscored by a total of eight points in three games there since.
"We're ready to go," Pacers coach Frank Vogel said. "We still have a great deal of belief. They haven't beaten our best."
The Heat could say the same thing, after losing Games 2 and 3 without Chris Bosh, who is still rehabbing his strained abdominal muscle and will miss his fourth straight game Tuesday, with no return yet in sight. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said it's "too early to tell" if Bosh could return later in this series.
But clearly, the Pacers saw the MVP's best on Sunday.
James and Wade scored 38 consecutive Miami points in one stretch. A series with plenty of bravado to that point - Indiana's Danny Granger has gotten technicals in three straight games, Pacers reserve Lance Stephenson riled the Heat by making choking signs that were captured by television cameras in Game 3 and Heat forward Juwan Howard approached Stephenson before Game 4 to let him know Miami didn't appreciate the gesture - was taken over by a star.
Wade finished with 30 points and nine rebounds, a huge bounce-back effort after his disaster of a Game 3. Udonis Haslem scored 14 points and needed only six field-goal attempts to get there, then needed nine stitches to close a gash over his right eye.
Big games for both. Next to James' line, they were practically afterthoughts. James scored or assisted on 62 of Miami's 101 points.
"We had two days to prepare," Howard said. "We had an opportunity to watch a lot of film and see some things as a team that we did wrong, what we could do to do better. Then I'm sure (James and Wade) had a chance to look at it individually ... but you give us two days to prepare, two days to rest our bodies, then I'm not surprised by their performance."
The Pacers did their part to help Miami's comeback on Sunday.
Roy Hibbert finished with 10 points and nine rebounds, but the 7-foot-2 center also was slowed by foul trouble, as was forward David West. That, and Indiana's defense slipped at the absolute worst time: The Pacers entered Sunday having allowed only nine 30-point games all season, but by day's end, that list had 11 entries with James and Wade both getting there.
"I thought we'd been doing a good job," West said. "Yesterday was the first time they got easy stuff. Wade got easy dunks, easy layups. LeBron the same thing. I thought up to that point they were scrapping and fighting for those ... It's just a lot of self-inflicted wounds that are correctable."
If the Pacers are going to pull this series out, those corrections will need to come in Miami against a team that finished the regular season tied with San Antonio for the NBA's best home mark.
"I think we're really not worried about home-court advantage," Granger said. "We're a good road team, and we're going to go down there and try to get the win."
There was some consolation for Indiana in that it took phenomenal efforts from James and Wade for Miami to win by eight points in Game 4. A Heat team that scored 75 points in both Game 2 and Game 3 got nearly that many from two players Sunday.
The Pacers don't expect that to happen again. Neither does James.
"All the great players, if they could do it every night, they would do it every night," James said. "If you could have 40 and 20 and 10, you'd do it every night. But it's not realistic."
Still, it was the reality on Sunday. And that's why Miami's reality on Monday was that the reigning East champs need only to hold home court to advance.
"We expect their best and their best is good enough to win," Wade said. "We've seen that. ... It's a big game -- for both teams."






source: http://www.nba.com/2012/news/05/21/pacers-heat.ap/index.html

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Ekskul basket, 21 Mei 2012

jadi hari ini hari senin lagi. Minggu ini minggu terakhir belajar bareng kelas 7E weey wkwkk bakal kangen. pagi2 kita udah tadarus. abis itu 7E belajar bahasa inggris, ngerjain soal latihan tes RSBI gitu laah wkwk. Abis itu biologi, ternyata gurunya ga masuk, yihhaa jadinya 2 jam pelajaran kita ngerjain soal dulu abis itu kita main-main wakakaka. kan itu pelajarannya dipotong istirahat tuh. abis biologi, pelajarannya seni musik. disitu kita malah main internet HAHAHA yang dibuka serem-serem sama lucu-lucu gitu. abis itu istirahat kedua kan, sholat dll. terus seni rupa, ga ada kerjaan juga, cuman yang tugasnya ada yang belom selesai disuruh kerjain. Pelajaran terakhir sejarah, ternyata tes gitu. tp ternyata cuman 2 pertanyaan wakakka alhamdulillah. trus di sejarah ngerjain soal abis itu selesai. Kita sholat ashar, setelah sholat ashar kan pada pulang, tapi gua dan temen2 gua ekskul basket.
Jadi ternyata ekskul basket hari ini pengambilan nilai. tesnya dribble kanan kiri trus lay-up kanan kiri. abis itu, games! yihha. Gamesnya lumayan seru, tim gua kalah sekali wakakaka lumayan lah. Abis itu gua pulang bareng andra, adi yang basket juga. trus ada tsar jg ngikut karena dia abis tanding bola dan pulang telat.


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19 mei

Sekarang gua mau cerita tentang hari sabtu. ya bentar lagi minggu terus besoknya masuk sekolah. Hari ini seperti biasa gua tiduran lagi. Tapi kali ini ada sepupu gua yang kecil2, jadi bisa main bareng mereka. main bareng mereka tuh asik HAHA. tp sayangnya gua hari ini ga tidur siang seperti 2 hari sebelomnya HAHAHA. tp masih asik karena banyak mainnya dan banyak nontonnya. Sekitar jam setengah 6 gitu diajak makan malem. ternyata makan malem di sampireun bareng keluarga besar yihaa karena tante gua ada yang ulang tahun. ya disitu biasa lah makan dll. trus main bareng sodara2. Abis itu ngeliatin sodara2 gua main yang balon diatas air itu HAHA lawak. pengen ikut sih tp ntar malu #ea #eh HAHAHA. Abis itu pulang dan main2 lagi.

Sekian

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18 Mei 2012

ya hari ini hari jumat. Gua pun baru bangun sekitar jam 9an HAHA yihha kebo. Abis itu gua tiduran sambil main dll gitu lah sambil nunggu sholat jumat. Ternyata gua diajak pergi sebentar, abis itu sholat jumat. Di mesjid gua ketemu rafif bisa dipanggil juga etgar, garindhaka, rapip, hacan, dll lah orang2 manggil dia banyak nama. Disitu gua ama dia malah main itouchnya dia HAHA #parah. Setelah sholat jumat gua pulang. Abis itu gua tidur siang!!! HAHAHA nikmat banget. Terus gua bangunnya tuh sekitar jam 5an gitu lah. Trus gua main tiduran makan nonton dll lagi sampe akhirnya tidur jam 2 kurang lagi.

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libur 4 hari!!

hari ini hari pertama libur weey. sebenernya sih liburnya cuman 4 hari, tapi yaa langka banget jadi asik HAHA. gua mau cerita hari ini ngapain aja. Jadi hari ini pagi2 udah berangkat nganterin tante gua ke rumah siapanya gitu HAHA lupa. Abis itu gua ke pacific place jalan2. Disana yaa makan dan lain-lain lah. Abis itu gua balik ke rumah. Di rumah gua tuh kerjaannya cuman tiduran, makan, nonton, tiduran, main,tiduran HAHA pokoknya banyak tidurannya. Akhirnya gua tidur jam 2an karena tiduran dan main terus HAHA.

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Nokturnal

Tau kan arti nokturnal? itu tuh artinya makhluk yang beraktifitasnya pas malam hari. Agak random sih HAHA. Tp gua akhir2 ini selalu ngerjain tugas malem2 gitu, kadang2 sampe malem banget. Nah sekarang malem ini lagi2 gua ngerjain tugas. Tugas yang gua kerjain adalah, resensi film sejarah, membuat 10 pertanyaan tentang kerajaan islam, tugas bahasa indonesia, dan berbagai tugas lain. HEHE. Trus kalo malem2 gini ngerjain tugas, enaknya tuh sambil dengerin lagu. HAHA sumpah enak bgt rasanya hidup ini. ea.

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