tjsorrentine
TJSorrentine
tjsorrentine

Mavs beating the Heat in 2011. As loveable as LeBron is now, he was so so hateable in year 1 after The Decision. And that Mavs team had all these lovable ring-less veterans who you had to root for, especially Dirk.

For me the biggest thing was the second free throw. Imagine if he had missed that free throw and then the Warriors tie the game. Suddenly all that “choker” stuff comes back and suddenly his haters have ammunition. His career is demonstrably different. After all those minutes and all those shots. Just one free throw.