How the Heat Won

            Sadly, the day has come where we have to refer to the Miami Heat as NBA champions. Hard to believe that just two weeks ago Celtics fans were expecting to beat them in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Let’s take a quick look at the six reasons Miami won the title.

Lebron James is the Best Basketball Player on Earth

            Even the most avid of Lebron haters (I’m talking about you Dan Gilbert) have to admit that he reached his peak this post season. He attacked the basket. He hit the open man. He crashed the boards. He didn’t jack 25-footers. Lebron James couldn’t of played his last seven games (we’ll include the final two games against Boston) any better. 

Chris Bosh Got Healthy

            Miami doesn’t beat OKC with just Wade and Lebron. Bosh has his flaws, but his timely shot making was huge.

The Heat’s Scrubs Showed Up

            We haven’t seen a weirder NBA team in the last 25 years. When Miami’s supporting cast doesn’t show up (like last year against the Mavericks), they look like a lottery team. When guys like Mario Chalmers, Shane Battier, and Mike Miller are draining wide-open 3s, they are unguardable. So far this formula is successful 50% of the time.

Oklahoma City’s Youth Worked Against Them

            Oklahoma City made all the mistakes a young team is prone to make on a big stage. They inexplicably left Miami’s 3-point shooters wide-open over, and over, and over, and over, and over again. As a matter of fact, I think Mike Miller just hit another 3, and the game ended over an hour ago. The Thunder let the referees get into their head on more than one occasion. They would pass up open jumpers, only to end up taking contested ones. James Harden in particular was a mess in this series, although most of that can be attributed to getting demolished in the paint by Lebron James. Every important player on this team not named Kendrick Perkins is 25 years old or younger, so they will learn from this defeat. 

Derrick Rose’s Knee Disintegrated Into 12,000 Pieces

            Forgive me for putting a couple of what ifs together, but it’s my blog, and I can do whatever I want. Keeping in mind that Chris Bosh didn’t play for the first four games of the Eastern Conference Finals, I’ll go out on a limb and say the Bulls would’ve spanked the Heat if Rose was healthy. Bulls fans can bring that too the grave with them if they like.

The Homeless Man Who Was Almost Eaten to Death Was Cheering For Miami

            I’m sure by now most of you heard about the homeless guy in Florida who got 80% of his face chewed off by a guy that was high on bath salts. What you may not have known was this guy was a Miami Heat fan. Throw in the Zombie Sonics fans that were cheering against Oklahoma City, and it appears that fate was against the Thunder.