The Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder will face each other in the 2012 NBA Finals. The Heat won the Eastern Conference going 12-6. They beat the Knicks in 5 games in the Conference Quarter-Finals, the Pacers in 6 games in the Conference Semi-Finals and the Celtics in 7 games to in the Conference Finals to advance to the NBA Finals. The Oklahoma City Thunder won the Western Conference going 12-3. They beat the Mavericks in 4 games in the Conference Quarter-Finals, the Lakers in 5 games in the Conference Semi-Finals and the Spurs in 6 games in the Conference Finals to advance to the NBA Finals. This is the Heat's 2nd straight NBA Finals after losing to the Mavericks in 6 games last year and third in franchise history making it in 2006, 2011 and 2012. The Heat will try to win their 2nd NBA Championship in team history only winning before in 2006 when they beat the Mavericks in 6 games. This is the Thunder's 4th NBA Finals and first since the team moved from Seattle to Oklahoma City. The made the Finals in 1978, 1979, 1996 and 2012. The Thunder will try to win their 2nd NBA Championship in team history only winning in 1979 when they beat the Washington Bullets in 5 games. For the Heat this is LeBron James' and Dwyane Wade's 3rd NBA Finals and LeBron will try to finally winning that elusive NBA Championship. Dwyane Wade will look to win his 2nd NBA Title. Chris Bosh is making his 2nd NBA Finals appearance. For the Thunder Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden are making their 1st ever appearance in the NBA Finals after making the Western Conference Finals two years in a row and last year losing to the Mavericks in 5 games. This series should be very entertaining to watch the see Miami's Big Three go against the Oklahoma City's Big Three. The best match-up to watch will be LeBron vs. Durant who were 1st in 2nd in the MVP voting, 1st and 2nd best players in the NBA and 1st and 2nd best Small Forwards in the NBA. This Finals reminds me a lot of the 1992 Finals when it was Jordan and the Bulls vs. Drexler and the Blazers. Jordan and Drexler were were 1st in 2nd
in the MVP voting in 1992, 1st and 2nd best players in the NBA in 1992 and 1st and 2nd
best Shooting Guards in the NBA in 1992. LeBron and Durant are both having great scoring playoffs. LeBron leads the NBA during the playoffs at 30.8 PPG and Durant is 3rd with 27.8 PPG. Oklahoma City has home-court advantage since the Thunder won 47 games and the Heat won 46 games. Here is my game by game predictions:
Game 1: Miami @ Oklahoma City: MIA 104 - OKC 97; Miami leads the series 1-0.
Game 2: Miami @ Oklahoma City: OKC 97 - MIA 93; Series is tied at 1-1.
Game 3: Oklahoma City @ Miami: MIA 94 - OKC 89; Miami leads the series 2-1.
Game 4: Oklahoma City @ Miami: OKC 99 - MIA 98 OT; Series is tied at 2-2.
Game 5: Oklahoma City @ Miami: MIA 98 - OKC 95; Miami leads the series 3-2.
Game 6: Miami @ Oklahoma City: MIA 96- OKC 94 OT; Miami wins the series 4-2.
Miami Heat are the 2012 NBA Finals Champions.
LeBron James is the 2012 NBA Finals MVP. He averaged 31.0 PPG, 10.2 RPG and 6.8 APG.
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