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“We just couldn’t find a way to stop him.”įor the third year in a row, the NBA championship was determined at AmericanAirlines Arena. The others: Bill Russell and Michael Jordan. James, named the NBA MVP last month, became just the third player to win Finals MVP in consecutive seasons.
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“He always rises to the occasion when it matters most, when the competition is the fiercest,” Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra said. James scored 37 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and willed his team to a win in a hotly contested battle that mirrored an intense series. To win back-to-back championships is an unbelievable feeling.” The vision that I had when I decided to come here is all coming true. Thursday night, James got his long-sought redemption, hitting crucial jumper after crucial jumper – including the game-clincher with 27.8 seconds remaining – in a thrilling 95-88 victory in Game 7 of the NBA Finals that gave the four-time most valuable player his second straight title in three seasons since he joined Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on the Miami Heat. LeBron James learned from a humbling loss to Tim Duncan and the Spurs six years ago that he was going to need better players around him and that he needed to become a better jump shooter. MIAMI - The San Antonio Spurs are partially responsible for the monster they created, the jump-shooting legend-in-the-making who needed to endure some early failure before he could emerge as champion.