Who will bring their team to the top? This is and will be a great match-up in these 2 stars that bring so much potential to any team...You have the young KD #35 Kevin Durant who recently won the scoring championship of the year facing off against the reigning MVP in LeBron "the King" James. Both put up staggering numbers in their past series (Durant vs. Spurs & LeBron vs. Celtics)...both can score, take it to the rim, make the last shot, get a block, and put their team on their back. BUT it doesn't take one man to win a championship, it takes a team...look at all the past NBA champions...yes each had their stud player. Bird for the Celtics, Magic for the Lakers, Jordan for the Bulls and most recently Dirk for the Mavericks, but each of those players had teammates they could trust...each knew that if they had to they could dish it out to a teammate and they could make the final shot...the Oklahoma City Thunder are a young team, but they are a team..each player knows their role for that team..Kevin Durant does lead that team, but he does so getting everybody involved..their point guard Westbrook knows he can score just as many as Durant in a game, but does not care who puts up more points as long as they win, James Harden (6th man of the year) could probably start somewhere else, but he took on his role as 6th man & came on fire, even coming off the bench he can put up numbers like any starter and shows his team he is their for support...yes the team is young and does have flaws for example Westbrook likes to help defense a bunch leaving the opposing teams guard wide open & against a Mario Chalmers in the heat I'm not sure if he will want to help defend a bunch this series especially if Chalmers is behind the arc...LeBron being the leader of the Heat, however, cannot carry his team by himself...he has showed time and again back when he was in Cleveland he struggled to get past Detroit or the Magic then when he got to the finals he couldn't beat the Spurs as well as the Mavericks (last year)..I think in order for the heat to win they will need to step up as a team....you cannot have 2 guys (LeBron & Dwayne Wade) score 50 of your 80 points every game and definitely not now if you are going against a complete team like the Thunder...Chris Bosh I believe is the key to the heat winning if he is healthy and able to play well, meaning be a threat from anywhere in the paint at all times, then the heat could walk over the Thunder the only problem with that is I see Serge Ibaka & Kendrick Perkins both having a great series to help their team defensively.
If you haven't guess I'm taking the Oklahoma City Thunder in 6 games
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