Replace Lebron with Prime Jordan and the Heat would still lose

[OldSchoolBBall]

With Prime MJ this series is already OVER. Mia won G2 by 2 points and Bron was AMAZING.

Lebron in game 2 was basically an AVERAGE Jordan playoff game. Stay trolling, son.

[guy]

MJ treated every practice like it was game 7 of the finals.

The Bulls would've been ready.

It's been said many times that the Bulls didn't fear Phil, they feared MJ.

The Heat simply don't have the intensity or effort (haven't).

The point is to not let them get a huge lead to begin with. The entire Heat team, including Lebron, came out incredibly flat in the first quarter (aside from Bosh). The game was still close after the first quarter, but in the first half as a whole, the Heat allowed the Spurs to get into a crazy rhythm, and they gained a ton of confidence. Lebron should have shown that energy and effort in the first quarter/half, not the third Q when they're already down 20. It starts with the leader.

This and this. This isn't about what Jordan would've done differently as in a certain aspect of the game he would've changed i.e. scoring, defense, etc. Its about more of the mental aspects.

Do people think this seemingly lack of intensity/urgency/effort from the Heat is a surprise? Its a bad habit this team has had the whole time they've been together. They've been rightfully characterized as a team that likes to "turn it off then turn it on when they need to". Well, that's a bad habit, and bad habits usually catch up to a team at some point when they go up against someone that is just too good to let their opponent get away with that. (And maybe the Spurs aren't that good and the Heat will come back on them, but so far it doesn't look like it.) Sorry, but part of that falls on leadership, and Lebron is their leader and best player. And if we're comparing him to Jordan, it should be noted that this type of lackadaisical attitude was never something that you can characterize the 90s Bulls with and its been cited from most people that were around those teams that Jordan was the main reason for that because of how intense he was and how he used to get on his teammates. Call it the typical Jordan mythologist clich