I think the Heat are hearing ghosts, I don’t recall any credible person saying the Heat got lucky at all. I think they are inventing imaginary chips on the shoulders, because frankly going to the Finals four years in a row is taxing and you need all the motivation you can get.
“We feel slighted,” James said before the Heat’s practice Wednesday. “I can’t sit here and lie to you, we do. … It went seven [games], it wasn’t like it was 3-0 and they had us in Game 4 and we took it and won four straight. If you look at the numbers, look at the numbers, the lead changes, the ties and the points in that series, it’s almost even.”
Wade says the Spurs won a game on a challenging, clutch shot by Tony Parker in Game 1, but no one considers that lucky.
“Game 6 was unbelievable to be able to come back and win that game,” Wade said. “But that’s the game of basketball. You know, the ball bounces funny ways. Game 1, the shot that Tony Parker hit, I mean, that was unbelievable, to get off the ground and hit that shot and just get it off.
“The ball bounces in funny ways. And we’re thankful for Ray Allen making that shot, but there were so many other things that had to play right for us to win that game. So you need a little luck, both ways, even to be in the Finals. We were a recipient of luck in that [Game 6] moment, but we won the championship.”
If feeling slighted is going to make them play better, more power to them.