Miami Heat series clinching win was both frustrating and enlightening


As a Heat fan, you can bet there were several times that my television came very close to being seriously damaged.  My children probably heard daddy say some things that they had never heard before but what happened at the end brought tears to my eyes.

High points of my night was captured best in an article by Dan Devine titled Video: Dwayne Wade remains good at ludicrous no-look flip shots.  In it he mentioned “Wade was unstoppable in the first half.”  “Miami took over late, limiting Boston to just 14 fourth-quarter points and holding Doc Rivers' team scoreless for the final 4:28 of the game.”  But the low points were the defensive miscues and the turnovers that plagued my TV set last night.  There were several instances where you could feel that someone was going to break out and my hope was that it would be the Heat instead of the Celtics but the best part of the entire game came at the very end.

Even though I did not care too much for nearly the entire Boston Celtics team walking off the floor without being sportsmen and congratulating the Heat, except for Ray Allen, Devonte West, Doc Rivers and the Coaching Staff, I was extremely moved by the interview Le Bron James gave to Craig Sager.  In it he heaped very large helpings of praise on the Boston Celtics and gave them one of the best compliments ever.  He revealed that Boston and Doc Rivers team was the reason he, Dewayne Wade and Chris Bosch came together in the first place.  They modeled themselves after Doc River’s team and looked to them as a role model to follow.  He even reminded viewers of how tenacious Boston is as a team and how they make everyone they play, play better.

Sportsmanship is a seldom flexed muscle in our world of sports these days but when you see it, you will definitely know it and if you are of a mind, that feeling will stay with you long after the final whistle sounds.

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