Lebron James And His Kryptonite: Fatigue

 Eric Adelson

MIAMI – Early in the fourth quarter of Sunday's Game 1 win, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra looked the NBA's MVP in the eye and said, "You cannot get tired."

Normally, LeBron James starts the final quarter on the bench, but the coach decided the game was too close, Chris Bosh was out with an injury and, as Spoelstra put it, "We needed him."

James did not get tired. He had 16 points in the fourth quarter alone to help his team run away from the Pacers. The newly minted MVP was unstoppable down the stretch.

But why did it even come to this?

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JR SMITH'S MONSTER DUNK AND AMARE'S HAND! OUCH!!

Despite a close score for three quarters, Thursday night's 87-70 Miami Heat win over the New York Knicks was mostly unwatchable. In the midst of that mess, though, Knicks enigma J.R. Smith pulled off the best dunk of the playoffs so far, an absurdly athletic double-pump jam in traffic after a drive along the baseline. There are only a handful of players in the league who can pull this move off in a situation like this one.