Unfounded Questions Continue for LeBron
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By DERON SNYDER
Prior to Game 1 of the Miami Heat’s series against the Indiana Pacers, LeBron James accepted his third NBA Most Valuable Player award. Then he went out and showed why, delivering a brilliant performance Sunday with 32 points, 15 rebounds and five assists in a victory. The Heat endured the entire second half without injured forward Chris Bosh, one of the team’s three best players and its most important big man.
Game 2 was a different story Tuesday, but mainly in the fact that Miami lost. James had another fine outing, finishing with 28 points, nine rebounds, five assists and six steals while carrying the team in the first and fourth quarters. But he missed two crucial free throws that would’ve tied the game with a minute left. And he failed to take over down the stretch, passing the ball to teammates instead.
I could’ve told you what would come next. Commentators claiming that James was more coward than king (again). Armchair psychoanalysts pondering whether James is too unselfish or too insecure at crunch time. A chorus of fans flooding James with criticism and “LeChoke” hashtags on Twitter.
