I always thought that LA benefited in last year's finals from their size up front and a officiating crew that was reluctant to call offensive fouls on Gasol, Bynum and Odom.

Miami is younger than LA, has about as much size and wanted to run more. So they won. It's way too early to call them a better team than LA but I definitely think this was more about Miami winning than LA losing. Miami has more options and is starting to learn how to use them effectively. The next challenge for Miami will be to move Miller into the lineup without upsetting the balance.


"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming

Now this is the Law of the Jungleā€”as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.