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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 2209331, member: 488"] You don't remember "what's wrong with D-Wade?" becoming an annual thing those last couple years? There was nothing wrong with his regular season, it was the playoffs where he faded big time in '13 and '14. '13 playoffs he averaged 16, 5, and 5 on 46% shooting and 3.6 FTA per game. '14 playoffs he was slightly better but awful in the finals. I just went back and watched highlights from game 6 of the '13 finals and the crew that was on the floor for the Heat when they made their run in the fourth boggled my mind. It was LeBron, 37-year-old Ray Allen, 33-year-old Mike Miller, 34-year-old Shane Battier, and Mario Chalmers. Two of those guys would retire a year later, one of them went on to become a career backup point guard, and the other could barely walk. Somehow LeBron overcame a double digit point deficit with those guys sharing the floor with him in crunch time during the highest leverage situation imaginable (and he made plenty of mistakes down the stretch, don't get me wrong). I wasn't trying to put words in your mouth regarding those previous finals, but I don't think it's pumping his tires to describe that as an all-time great performance. (It's worth mentioning, even as somebody who thinks D-Wade is the second best two guard of all-time, that he was never an ideal fit with LeBron). Ultimately, I'd rank LeBron's playoff moments something like this: 1. Games 5-7 against Golden State '16 2. 29 straight against Detroit '07 3. Games 6-7 against San Antonio '13 4. Game 6 in Boston '12 5. Game 7 in Boston '08 6. '09 conference finals vs. Orlando 7. '15 finals against Golden State You could re-arrange the order some and I wouldn't argue, but to me #1 and #3 are the first mentioned on his tombstone. That - along with possibly this year - will be where the argument starts if he ever passes Jordan. [/QUOTE]

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