It doesn’t happen very often, but a few times a year, you get two genuine, true blooded Alpha Dogs going at it in the “association”. And it happened last night in South Beach with the “King” crashing “Flash’s” house. And these two delivered. And by delivered I don’t mean they kept their distance or occasionally crossed paths. I mean they were into each other!
Dwyane Wade is one of the few guys who still has the sand to try and go up and get one of LeBron’s dunks like he did in the second quarter. It went badly for him, but you have to respect it. And I do! Never has a guy looked so good getting “posterized” as he did right there. But no one is sending that noise back. And when the two “phenoms” traded 3 bombs at the end of half, you knew it was on.
At that point, the other 8 cats on the floor should have just cleared out and let them have at it. I know my man Anderson Varejão would have. He may have a look at the Defensive Player of the Year award, but you can’t tell me he doesn’t still wake up in the middle of the night screaming after what happened earlier this season!
And in the end, it wasn’t who had the ball last, but who Dee’d up first! And when the “King” is checking you, even with ups like Wade…if 6-4 is going to shoot over 6-8, the rock’s going to have to go over the rafters. And it did! And it came down with a big fat clang at the buzzer. Ball game! Thanks for coming. See you in Cleveland on the fourth for the re-match.
