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[QUOTE="RichZ, post: 2733092, member: 534"]
He carried them this far through the playoffs, but when it came to crunch time in an elimination game, he found the moment too big for him. He's a rookie, and did far more than anyone could have expected/hoped for. But he's not yet quite ready to be[B] the man[/B] in that kind of situation. In two years, he may be the next coming of MJ. But being forced to rely on a 20 year old just a couple years removed from HS to carry you is not a recipe for success. Alcindor and Magic did it as rookies, but both were far more mature and had a better squad around them. 
Still, I wonder if the 3 he hit following the dunk over Lebron wasn't immediately answered with a 3 from Green to take the lead back, would he have continued to dominate. He seemed to me to get to  too excitied too early, and then have the wind knocked out of his sails when the lead he got them had been reversed in a matter of seconds. I think it was the gut punch to him that he thought he had delivered to Lebron.

The one shot he made was a thing of beauty, for sure. But he missed at least 4 completely wide open ones before that. Maybe he needed to shoot off the spinnig catch with a defender draped on hi more.
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