The quibbling over Dirk's height vs. Durant's height is ridiculous. Is it even relevant?
Anyway, yeah-Durant and the Thunder looked overwhelmed by the Finals stage. Only a couple of the Thunder had been to the Finals-Fisher/Perkins who both have rings as a result. Most of the Heat were there just last year, Wade had been there two times before this current go around. LeBron got swept in 2007 and embarrassed last year. They had more experience on the big stage than the Thunder. Their role players in Battier and Miller stepped up. The big three did their share.
Brooks should have used Collison much more and put his foot up Perkins' vag. to wake him up. He never used Nazr Mohammed, from what I remember. Granted, Nazr isn't that good, but still, maybe he could have provided something. Perkins sucked on both ends of the court. Westbrook took too many jumpers instead of driving. Durant looked skittish too often. Ibaka did not have a perfect shooting night like he did against SA. Harden vanished too often.
Miami was the better team because everyone did their part and contributed. They learned from last year. Thunder's very young and they do have time to learn what it takes. The Mavericks applied what they learned from the first Finals debacle and got their revenge. The Thunder have to do the same.
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