When the pressure was on, LeBron James delivered.
Game 7 of the NBA Finals between the Heat and the Spurs, a.k.a. the LeBron Bowl, a.k.a. the Rumble in the Swampland, started off with tight play and superb defense. Chris Bosh picked up right where he left off from Game 6 with this monster block in the first quarter.
Both teams started slowly, but LeBron's jumper was working the whole game — fortunate for him given that the Spurs' strategy seemed to be to back away from him to keep him from driving — and would finish with 37 points.
The Spurs kept close with shots that seemed to go down whenever it seemed like Miami was about to put the game in the bag and then throw the bag into a canal where it would be discovered three months later by a DEA agent. Gary Neal's bankshot three was just one such example.
Dwyane Wade led all scorers at the half with 14 points — two from this sweet pivot and spin — and Miami led by two after the second quarter.
