MIAMI – LeBron James came to Miami last summer for the chance to be a champion.
He arrived back here Friday just hoping to be a survivor.
The Dallas Mavericks have a 3-2 lead in the NBA finals and can win their first championship Sunday night. Less than a year after the Heat’s free agent victory celebration, the real party might belong to Dirk Nowitzki.
But the Heat, despite consecutive losses that have renewed criticism of their execution and James’ ability in the clutch, insist they can still win the first of multiple titles James boasted of upon his arrival in South Florida.
“I guess they have momentum in the sense they came home and won two games. But each game is its own,” Dwyane Wade said Thursday night. “We’re going to come out — every game has been pretty much a possession here, a possession there. Either team can come in and say they can be up different than what they are. We’ll be coming to the game understanding it’s a possession game in Game 6, doing whatever it takes to win the ballgame. So we’re confident.”
So are the Mavericks, who hung in for four games until their offense finally started clicking the
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