After watching what happened to LeBron James on Saturday night against the Memphis Grizzlies, you might actually start to feel sorry for him.
With 1:10 left in the 4th, Miami is down by three as James dribbles up the court in mock self-confidence, looking nothing like Michael Jordan. After coming off a nice screen from Zydrunas Ilgauskas at the top of the key, it immediately starts unfolding as an ideal LeBron play: James is barreling down the middle with his dribble, he can still go either way and is already halfway to the rim. This should be a dunk in the lane, or at the very least, two free throws. Instead, LeBron goes left with a weak, almost girly layup (with his right hand!) and is blocked by a chunky Zach Randolph in what amounts to only his second block of the entire season. And it's turnover.
Fast-forward to 5.5 seconds remaining and the game tied 95-95. Rudy Gay inbounds the ball to Marc Gasol who, after nearly losing it, passes it right back. LeBron picks up Gay streaking to the basket with under 3 seconds to go. With 0.8 seconds left, Rudy stops, pops and drops right in LeBron's face at the buzzer winning the game in what amounts to the nicest jump shot of the season. The Grizzlies break a 5 game losing streak and the Heat drop to 8 and 5.
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