As advertised.

[tzznandrew]

Lebron is a way better defender than Durant way better passer way better driver. Its not that close. Durant is just a unbelievable pure scorer but LeBron is clearly better.

Agreed. I went into this series thinking the two were close. The series ended with a definitive validation of LeBron as leaps and bounds ahead of Durant as an all-around player.

 

[8893]

This series was not as advertised. Last year's Finals was wonderful. This year's sucked.

The series was not as advertised, but LeBron and the Heat were. And LeBron's performance was one for the ages. He turned the corner during Game 4 of the Indy series and he never looked back. Hats off to him.

 

[Dogdeacon]

Yep, the teams may have been close in talent, but hands down the Heat had the best player in the series and to a man the Heat had more smarts, guts and hustle than the Thunder. And Spoelstra outcoached Brooks (best you could claim is Brooks team just didn't execute or listen to him). Ironically people are drawing parrallels between the Heat championship and Kentucky's but they are actually much more opposite, HUGE factor in the Heat's win was experience.

An underlooked factor in LeBron's incredible performance is getting Durant into foul trouble to help win two games and simultaneously wearing down Harden in those games. And in game 4 when Durant switched to Chalmers, Mario had one of the best games of his career. Game, set, match LeBron.

 

[babysheep]

If you've ever worked hard for anything and that hard work payed off, you should empathize with and feel good for LeBron. I mean the look on his face when he actually had the trophy in his hands choked me up a little. He's finally gotten what he's dreamed of for most of his life and has achieved true greatness, not matter how anyone defines "greatness," and did it while dealing with just about every stressor imaginable along the way. You can't hate on that.