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Jun

2012

12:03am, EDT

A king is crowned: LeBron James, Miami Heat win NBA title

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LeBron James #6 and Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat celebrate their win.

AP reports: LeBron James is a world champion, and the Miami Heat have climbed to the top of NBA.

James capped his title bid with 26 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds, Chris Bosh added 23 points, Dwyane Wade scored 20 points and the Heat finished off the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night, winning 121-106. Continue reading the full story.

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NBA Finals MVP LeBron James of the Miami Heat holds the championship trophy after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Thursday.

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The story behind a great NBA photograph

By Stokes Young, nbcnews.com

You don't have to love the Heat to respect this picture from Dec. 6, though I suspect nobody in Cleveland will want to look at it.

Rob Peterson, Senior Editor at the sports site Fanhouse, tracked down AP photographer Morry Gash to get the story behind the frame. And... let's just quote Peterson and say it was "borne of excellent planning sprinkled with a little luck":

There by Gash's toes was his Canon 5D Mark II, a camera outfitted with a wider-angle lens, synced to fire by radio remote control when he took pictures with the camera he held in his hand. As the play developed, Gash clicked off four or five shots narrowly focusing on James. At the time, he knew he had LeBron, but Gash didn't have an inkling Wade had entered the foreground. Keen-eyed observers watching the game live could see Wade go out of frame on the left of the screen with his arms extended. (Full Story)

Agony and ecstasy

While Cleveland begins to erase LeBron James from its collective memory, Miamians have already begun to kneel at the throne of King James. But hey, don't fret Cleveland, doesn't it still does take five guys on the court to win a ballgame, not just one, or even three? You have to wonder if the enormous amount of hype around James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh will eat away at team chemistry considering all of the egos involved.

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