LeBron has only been favored in 2 of his 8 Finals appearances

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LeBron has only been favored in 2 of his 8 Finals appearances

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2012 looks wrong. cHeat were the favs
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Odogg wrote:2012 looks wrong. cHeat were the favs
Not according to: http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/19 ... -las-vegas" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Yea I actually remember seeing that Durant and the Thunder were favored in 2012.
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Odogg wrote:2012 looks wrong. cHeat were the favs
No they weren't. Think about the context at the time. Heat struggled past an old Celtics team in 7 games. Thunder had just won 4 straight games against the Spurs, who had the best record in the NBA that year, and the Thunder also had the HCA.
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Wow I always considered the cHeat the fav in those finals. OKC hadn't been there before, and played like it (esp Harden).

But I guess I could see the argument for OKC at the time.
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LeBron has only been favored in 2 of his 8 Finals appearances


I guess that would explain his (soon-to-be) 3-5 Finals record, eh?

In other words your hero has been padding his legacy / resume / stats against all-time weak EC playoff competition, only to be slapped back down to reality against the 'real' competition in the WC.
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