KD responding to Serge Ibaka’s claims that LeBron isn’t a good defender: “Serge believes in me and he believes in what we do here. He’s just taking up for me and taking up for our whole team. LeBron’s a good defender. I’ll tell him that. He’s a good defender”.
Alex Kennedy: LeBron James on his fourth quarter: “I’m just trying to make plays. Last year, I didn’t make enough game-changing plays in the Finals.” Twitter
Evans Clinchy: “Size doesn’t matter.” –LeBron James, answering the age-old question Twitter
Alex Kennedy: Entering this series, LeBron James had never scored more than 25 points in a Finals game. He has scored 30, 32 and 29 in this series. Twitter
Kevin Durant hit a shot over Dwyane Wade and shouted, “You’re too small.” Wade: “Yeah, he said I was too small. He has seven inches on me, he’s right.” Sulia
Chris Tomasson: Chris Bosh: “Everybody day we remind ourselves, we think of that pain from last year (Finals loss).” Twitter
Chris Bosh on going to center: “(Spoelstra) moved me to the five. It’s something I’ve pretty much been fighting most of my career. But not this year.” Sulia
Ryan Wolstat: “Nobody’s backing down. There’s a lot of alpha males on that court.” – Udonis Haslem Twitter
Talked to Shane Battier about Duke curse of having few NBA champions & he said, “I’m looking to get one for Duke.” The only Duke alums with NBA title rings are Jeff Mullins with 1975 Warriors and Danny Ferry with 2003 Spurs. Neither started. Battier is currently starting for Miami so he could become first Duke alum who started a Finals game to have won a title. “That’s a good carrot for me,” Battier said with a laugh. Sulia
