The marquee match up of the night and most likely the rest of the season? Oklahoma City going into Miami for a rematch that is continuing on after the Thunder blew out the Heat by 16 in OKC a couple weeks ago, and Miami set for revenge at home, but could this be the match up we will be seeing in the NBA Finals? With Kevin Durant leading the way for the Thunder with Russell Westbrook and James Harden behind him, and LeBron James leading the Miami Heat with Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh behind him, these two teams in the NBA fina;s for a 7 game series is quite a likely case. Tonight's biggest question about this game is who will play better and who will lead their team to victory, Durant or LeBron? They are both star players and best in the league and in a pretty much two man race for the MVP title, and they will be matching up against one another, both playing the 3 spot on the court mainly. In the last two games, Durant has scored more points, dished more assists, and grabbed more rebounds than LeBron and outplayed him by far. The results? Oklahoma City won both of those games, last game being an embarrassing blowout for a team who averages 100.7 PPG as a team and only lets in 93.5 PPG on the defensive side, where against the Thunder, who average 103..2 PPG and let in 96.7 PPG, and the final score was OKC 103 Miami 87...Shows a difference between the teams, huh? One stat not shown here though is that Miami is 22-2 at home, on a 16 game winning streak here in the American Airlines Center, and that might be a tough match for Oklahoma City, though they have only lost 8 games on the road. Also, though Oklahoma City was streaking, led by Durant to a 6 game winning streak, blowing out teams such as the Clippers, Heat, and Chicago Bulls, the streak was snapped at home by the Memphis Grizzlies, so they are looking to bounce back in Miami after that heartbreaking loss at home. Going back to the Durant-James match up, James averages 25.2 PPG at home, while Durant averages 27.7 PPG on the road, showing that Durant is no slack on the road, whether it be in Miami or whether it is in Sacramento. Tonight's match up will be a great game, setting foundations in the playoffs for both teams, and it will be a great game to watch.
Prediction: 95-93 Heat
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