Heretic;787683 wrote:It is bizarre just how every chip fell the Heat's way down the stretch.
San Antonio and the Lakers seemed to turn into broke-down old teams overnight and weren't factors.
Boston fucked up their chemistry with the Perkins trade and the Rondo injury was the nail in their coffin.
Oklahoma City and Chicago were talented, but didn't have the playoff experience to handle more experienced teams.
And now, Dirk injures a finger in the first game of the finals.
I'm not saying Miami is going to win ONLY because this stuff happened, but it really went from a playoffs where a number of teams looked to be potential contenders for a title to one where most of those teams went out with a whimper.
Obviously quite a few things went in Miami's favor, but isn't that true with most championship teams. Look at some of the recent college football seasons(2007 in particular), crazy things happened to get teams into the championship game. Look at Pittsburgh's first Super Bowl where Nick Harper, who got stabbed by his wife before the game and hurt his knee during the game, gets shoelace tackled by Rothlisberger as he was falling when he should have easily scored a touchdown. Instead Vanderjagt misses his only field goal at home that season. Getting good and bad breaks is part of sports, and those that win championships usually get the good breaks during their runs.