So close, yet so far away. If there’s one thought I have heading into tonight’s game 5 between the Lakers and the Heat, this is it. The Lakers may be a single win away from an NBA championship, but the Heat have proven over and over again what their ethos is as a team. They are battlers who believe in their ability to win. And their level of play, their competitiveness in the moment, is going to reflect that.
The point of this series, then, remains. Ever since the Lakers took their foot off the gas in game 2, I’ve harped on the idea of needing to do the work in order to get the results.