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		<title>LeBron James wins first title: Best of the Web</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s about damn time.&#8221; That&#8217;s what LeBron James said after winning his first title Thursday night. Well, now it&#8217;s about damn time to take a look at how the web reacted to it. For a look at how the Finals were won, check out this blog from Time Magazine: There’s real joy in James’ game. [...]</p><p><a href="http://robertogato.com/2012/06/22/lebron-james-wins-first-title-best-of-the-web/">LeBron James wins first title: Best of the Web</a> - <a href="http://robertogato.com">Roberto Gato</a> - <a href="http://robertogato.com">Roberto Gato - A Charlotte Bobcats Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_1287" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/179/files/2012/06/6335892.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1287" title="NBA: Finals-Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat" src="http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/179/files/2012/06/6335892-300x222.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="222" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Jun 21, 2012; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Heat small forward LeBron James (6) celebrates with the Bill Russell mvp trophy after winning the NBA championship in game five of the 2012 NBA Finals at the American Airlines Arena. The Heat defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-106. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-US PRESSWIRE</p></div>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s about damn time.&#8221; That&#8217;s what LeBron James said after winning his first title Thursday night.</p>
<p>Well, now it&#8217;s about damn time to take a look at how the web reacted to it.</p>
<p>For a look at how the Finals were won, check out this blog from Time Magazine:</p>
<p><a href="There’s real joy in James’ game. Sure, you can still hold the “Decision” against him, and dock James points for not winning that first title in Cleveland. But give him credit: LeBron James loves sharing the basketball. The Heat finished with 14 three-point shots on Thursday, tying a Finals record, and Miami’s downtown barrage all starts with LeBron. He draws the attention, then throws perfect pitches to his open teammates. Jordan and Kobe Bryant are cold-blooded scorers: they passed when they had to. ">There’s real joy in James’ game. Sure, you can still hold the “Decision” against him, and dock James points for not winning that first title in Cleveland.</a> But give him credit: LeBron James loves sharing the basketball. The Heat finished with 14 three-point shots on Thursday, tying a Finals record, and Miami’s downtown barrage all starts with LeBron. He draws the attention, then throws perfect pitches to his open teammates. Jordan and Kobe Bryant are cold-blooded scorers: they passed when they had to.</p>
<p>For a look at how the Thunder felt after the Finals were lost, check out USA Today:</p>
<p><a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/06/thunder-kevin-durant-russell-westbrook-game-5/1">&#8220;If you&#8217;re going to feel sorry for yourself, you might as well not come to the game tonight,&#8221; </a>Thunder coach Scott Brooks said of the Western Conference champions after his team&#8217;s morning shoot-around. &#8220;There&#8217;s no reason to hide from this moment.&#8221;</p>
<p>The New York sports media couldn&#8217;t keep the Knicks out of the conversation, even though the Heat knocked them out a month ago (via the New York Daily News):</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/lebron-james-miami-heat-torment-carmelo-anthony-ny-knicks-years-article-1.1100424">The Knicks aren’t going to beat the Heat the way the Knicks of the 1990s couldn’t beat Michael Jordan&#8230;</a> That is the fact of the NBA season that just ended as much as the fact of what James and Wade and Bosh and their supporting cast did to Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, the beatdown they gave them in Game 5.</p>
<p>And then there was twitter.</p>
<p>Via Dan Gilbert (Cavs owner, James hater):</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Great NBA season. Enjoyedplayoffs. Congratulations to Miami &amp; OKC for an exciting Finals. Back to work on next weeks promising Cavs draft.</p>
<p>— Dan Gilbert (@cavsdan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cavsdan/status/216015724701954049" data-datetime="2012-06-22T03:52:16+00:00">June 22, 2012</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Notice anything missing from that tweet?</p>
<p>The season that almost wasn&#8217;t is now over, but with the draft less than a week away keep you Internet dial tuned into RobertoGato.com for all the prospect, free agent, and trade news you can handle.</p>
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		<title>NBA Finals: Thunder in a dangerous hole after game three loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Jun 17 2012; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade (3) shoots over Oklahoma City Thunder center Kendrick Perkins (5) during the fourth quarter of game three in the 2012 NBA Finals at the American Airlines Arena. The Heat defeated the Thunder 91-85. Mandatory Credit: Robert Mayer-US PRESSWIRE The Miami Heat are the [...]</p><p><a href="http://robertogato.com/2012/06/18/nba-finals-thunder-in-a-dangerous-hole-after-game-three-loss/">NBA Finals: Thunder in a dangerous hole after game three loss</a> - <a href="http://robertogato.com">Roberto Gato</a> - <a href="http://robertogato.com">Roberto Gato - A Charlotte Bobcats Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>The Miami Heat are the new favorite to win the NBA finals after beating the Oklahoma City Thunder in game three at home.</p></div>
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At least that&#8217;s what you&#8217;d think if you drove to work listening to ESPN radio this morning.</div>
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<div class="mceTemp">The Human Bowtie, Bruce Bowen, went on Mike and Mike in the morning to give his updated predictions for the finals, and said the Heat would close out the Thunder in five games.</div>
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<div class="mceTemp">Talk about taking overreacting to the next level. After game one, almost everyone on that network was ready to declare the Thunder champions for the next five years.</div>
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<div class="mceTemp">Still, OKC is in a spot of bother after losing two straight games and giving away home court advantage.</div>
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<div class="mceTemp">If the Thunder can steal one game in Miami, they&#8217;d still go back to Oklahoma needing two straight wins for a championship.</div>
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<div class="mceTemp">Before they can think about that, though, Kevin Durant and co. need to realize a few things:</div>
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<div class="mceTemp">1. The Thunder are not going to win another game if Westbrook continues to shoot 44 percent from the field. I don&#8217;t care if he doesn&#8217;t want to change his game; If he wants to win a championship, he will change it. Oh, and four assists isn&#8217;t going to get the job done either.</div>
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<div class="mceTemp">2. Kevin Durant needs to get to the line more than four times. Take a page out of LeBron&#8217;s book and attack him. Make him play defense.</div>
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<div class="mceTemp">3. James Harden has to be James Harden. 2-10 is not going to get it done.</div>
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<div class="mceTemp">4. THE MIAMI HEAT CANNOT SHOOT JUMPERS! Run a zone for a fifth of the game! Over-rotate on LeBron, Wade, and Bosh to cut off their path if you have too! Make Miami&#8217;s collection of misfit toys beat you in the lane and force its big three to settle for jumpers! It&#8217;s nothing short of mind-boggling to me that almost every team Miami plays goes man for the full 48 minutes.</div>
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<div class="mceTemp">We&#8217;ll see if Oklahoma City can even things up on Tuesday, but if they don&#8217;t recognize those things I mentioned above, Bruce Bowen might not be too far off.  </div>
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		<title>NBA Playoffs: Celtics Survive, Thunder even things up</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>It was a crazy (controversial?) night, but in the end, it was the Celtics who came out on top in game four of the Eastern conference finals of the NBA playoffs. LeBron James flopped Kevin Garnett into his third foul of the game just as Rajon Rondo was driving uncontested to the rim for a [...]</p><p><a href="http://robertogato.com/2012/06/04/nba-playoffs-celtics-survive-thunder-even-things-up/">NBA Playoffs: Celtics Survive, Thunder even things up</a> - <a href="http://robertogato.com">Roberto Gato</a> - <a href="http://robertogato.com">Roberto Gato - A Charlotte Bobcats Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>It was a crazy (controversial?) night, but in the end, it was the Celtics who came out on top in game four of the Eastern conference finals of the NBA playoffs.</p>
<p>LeBron James flopped Kevin Garnett into his third foul of the game just as Rajon Rondo was driving uncontested to the rim for a possible game winning layup with less than 25 seconds to play.</p>
<p>The King&#8217;s acting had no effect on the outcome of the first four quarters of play, though, because Udonis Haslem bricked a 15 foot jumper at the buzzer on the very next possession.</p>
<p>Then, in the opening minute of overtime, Paul Peirce bumped into Shane Battier, who, of course, went flying. Peirce fouled out.</p>
<p>But Karma would catch up to the King and his court.</p>
<p>Just a few minutes later, the game still hanging in the balance, James tried to post up Michael Pietrus, who, of course, fell down. James fell with him, and the officials called him for the charge.</p>
<p>It wasn&#8217;t the right call, but it felt right after the way regulation ended.</p>
<p>Rondo was special again, putting in a solid night&#8217;s work with 15 points, 15 assists and five rebounds. Pierce scored 23 and added six rebounds before his departure, and every Boston starter scored in double figures.</p>
<p>A report on ESPN says Chris Bosh could be back for game five in Miami if there are no set backs with his rehab.</p>
<p>The Oklahoma City Thunder tied up their Western conference finals series with the San Antonio Spurs in game four 109-103.</p>
<p>Durant had a near triple-double (36 points, eight assists and six rebounds) and Serge Ibaka went 11 of 11 from the floor on his way to a 26 point, five rebound, three block performance.</p>
<p>The game was an all-out slug fest, though.</p>
<p>Both teams shot at least 50 percent from the floor, the Spurs hit 11 threes, and neither team was too loose with the ball.</p>
<p>The game was won on the boards (OKC out-rebounded the Spurs by 10) and because of how the Thunder got their points; San Antonio had 17 assists compared to Oklahoma City&#8217;s 27. The Thunder got more easy looks out of the flow of their offense, and the Spurs had to rely on their players getting creative in order to score.</p>
<p>That series will switch back to San Antonio for game five tonight at 9 p.m. on TNT.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_1161" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/179/files/2012/06/6292676.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1161" title="NBA: Playoffs-Miami Heat at Boston Celtics" src="http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/179/files/2012/06/6292676-300x180.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="180" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">June 1, 2012; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo (9) calls out as they take on the Miami Heat during the second half in game three of the Eastern Conference finals of the 2012 NBA playoffs at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-US PRESSWIRE</p></div>
<p>Rajon Rondo shined in the NBA playoffs once again, and who would&#8217;ve thought? Certainly not this guy, who wrote a little somethin&#8217; somethin&#8217; about the Celtics PG being the best at his position in the league yesterday.</p>
<p>Number nine scored 21 points, dished out 10 assists and pulled down six rebounds on the way to a 101-91 Celtics win over the Heat in game three of the Eastern conference finals.</p>
<p>Rondo also shot 56 percent from the floor and nabbed a pretty steal in transition to thwart the James-to-Wade highlight show.</p>
<p>Kevin Garnett was pretty good too. He dropped 24 (points) and 11 (rebounds) and finished the night a +27.</p>
<p>Miami missed ten of its 20 free-throws and shot just 29 percent from behind the arc.</p>
<p>After destroying the Spurs in game three of the Western conference finals, Kevin Durant, Russel Westbrook and James Harden wil try to tie the series up in game four tonight.</p>
<p>The Thunder rode a balanced offensive attack (five players in double figures) and a nasty (to steal a great word from Spurs coach Greg Popovich) defensive effort (19 forced turnovers) to victory the last time out.</p>
<p>Tonight it&#8217;ll probably take a little more offensively from their Big Three if they&#8217;re going to escape the wrath of the Spurs for a second straight game.</p>
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