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That was the LBJ we saw on display in the latter stages of Game 5, when it started to look like the Indiana Pacers were actually serious about snatching another game in Miami.<\/p>\n
James reduced teammates Ray Allen, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade to bit players on a big stage, taking more than one of every three of his team\u2019s shots (26 shots, and Bosh\/Allen\/Wade 21 total) finishing with 30\/8\/8 as the Heat bought some breathing room with a comfortable 90-79 win.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis engine in the third quarter was incredible,\u201d said Miami coach Erik Spoelstra. \u201cHe was tireless, he was making plays on both ends of the court, rebounding, covering so much ground defensively and then making virtually every play for us offensively. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s really remarkable.\u201d<\/p>\n
And with Chris Andersen suspended for tonight\u2019s possible elimination game in Indianapolis, James will no doubt try put the hammer down again \u2013 especially if the Pacers jump out early. <\/p>\n
The best player in the game today (by a wide margin) certainly feels this one is too important to leave to chance, such as whether Wade\u2019s knee allows him to cut, or whether jumpers from Bosh or Allen fall or not. [ad-6571516]<\/p>\n
And when\/if that moment comes and James decides to go rogue, we\u2019ll all know it. And then it will be up to Indiana coach Frank Vogel to make a tough decision. <\/p>\n
Vogel has for the most part trusted his team to play solid defense and has resisted the urge to bring all hands on deck to control James. <\/p>\n
It cost the Pacers Game 1 when Roy Hibbert was left rotting on the bench and Paul George couldn\u2019t stop James for even 2.4 seconds. And it cost the Pacers when James went down on the block in Game 3 and Indiana couldn\u2019t figure out when to double-team him. <\/p>\n
Perhaps it doesn\u2019t matter what adjustments Indiana makes. Maybe James is just so good that he will beat double-teams and is so Jordan-dominant that he will carry this team to victory somehow, some way. <\/p>\n
It worked with MJ, and it just might work with LBJ.<\/p>\n
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If the Pacers backcourt (Stephenson\/Hill) scores 5 total points like it did in Game 5, Indiana goes home for a long, hot summer. But that won\u2019t happen at home, so we like this one to go the full 7 games. George isn\u2019t intimidated by James, at least when the Pacers have the ball. <\/p>\n
And with Andersen out, the Heat will have to concentrate their defense on Roy Hibbert. This one sets up well for Pacers, assuming James doesn\u2019t go off for 50. Indiana to win outright. <\/p>\n
Totals players might want to bang the under \u2013 Indiana will try to control tempo at home; it\u2019s in the Pacers\u2019 interest to shoot late in shot clock, forcing Miami to defend for 20 seconds each possession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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