2012 NBA Finals: Heat vs. Thunder in 14 Minutes | NBA Highlights
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- Take a look back at the 2012 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder, where LeBron James captured his first NBA championship of his career.
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The games were close but the series wasn’t
Because it was rigged
This comment summarized the whole series Lol
Heat only team to beat Thunder on their homecourt in OKC in playoffs. Thunder couldn't overcome that💯
@@Likerios22244 wrong year buddy
dolo. shaun any year bron wins must be rigged and any year he loses must sit right with you
I hate how people forget that the Thunder where the favourites to win this series
Only because LeBron used to choke/underperform in his past NBA Finals.
Abu Hassan Nah because OKC beat the Spurs that’s why
Abu Hassan the Heat struggle bs the Pacers and Celtics
Bille only cause they had homecourt
I hate how ppl foget this finals was obviously rigged.
This was a fun team and time in the nba
Lol how so?
@@terrireed404 it was still very competitive with Allstars almost evenly distributed t
Nvm
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@@matthewlim7146 So this year isn't competitive?
@@ec7057 I don't think so
Ive been a heat fan my entire life but live in australia...i got lucky that year as my holiday trip meant i was in miami for thr championship game and somehow bought a ticket. Best experience of my life the atmosphere was mental all game
Heck yeah did you get decent seats? Regardless that must have been badass. I went to the AFC championship game in Kansas City when the Patriots played the Chiefs. Tom Brady VS Pat Mahomes. It was a passing of the torch game in my opinion. First NFL game I ever went to and I'm a cowboys fan haha. But the opportunity came up and I couldn't say no. And I live in Texas and we had seats up high and it was -8 degrees but damnit it was worth the 550 bucks I paid for that ticket!
You were treated my man. I've been to the ECF games a few times during the Heatles run and those runs were amazing. Seven Nation Army plus Bron scowling menacingly at the opposition pre-tip
*Chef's Kiss*
Ngl this KD looked so much better than heat lebron
Still can’t believe they didn’t call that foul at the end of game 2. He even fouled Westbrook on that rebound RIGHT afterwards...
1st comment related to this context. That was a clear foul on durant. Did they use to review calls when time left is under 2 mins.
Rigged
@@oakinw8361 u are everywhere just saying the finals were rigged honestly stop hating
I think if the thunder won that game the whole series momentum would’ve switched and they woulda won
@@ryandlabaj6520 yeah no, if they called it, heat beat them in ot, and the same results happen
The thunder just couldn’t finish games...
I mean the thinder are talented that uear. Could it be a coach difference?
Or the Miami Cheat payed the refs good money
They were young and inexperienced
@@johnjames6717 There's an old saying in NBA: never settle on a coaching scheme until after you have a squad that is worth coaching. OKC settled with Scott Brooks, and he was not a special coach.
@@gabrielmayorga4795 yup. Okc was pure talent that time. Sucks that harden had to go early
I loved watching those Miami Heat teams. So explosive and fast.
they call a foul on lebron in game two and this series is completely different
@Zon dude.... that was a foul. nothing to do with being soft or not lol
@Zon It's not about opinions whether it was soft or hard, it's about the fact, that according to both the rules and the standard set by the calls made in the NBA games that's an obvious foul and it's not close to being debatable.
@Vino c'mon man, you love LeBron and it's ok, but that was manslaughter
This may be the most underrated Finals ever. The Spurs-Pistons too
Alot of people don't like the series because officiating was quite literally rigged for heat, but it was great besides that
Okc was still young had they faced each other in 2014 they would have won.
Westbrook and Durant showed up. Harden wasn’t ready. That’s why he got traded.
Are you dumb? He got traded bc they didn’t want to give him 4 more million dollars don’t know what you talking about just talking😂
@@lVloney that's not a that big of a stretch. If harden had shown any resemblance of himself they probably would've been champions and would've definitely spent that 4 million
What's messed up is the next couple years westbrook and Durant went down separately and that was that. I think they've won one of those years.
He's still not ready
@@lVloney They didn't give him the extra 4 million because they didn't believe he was worth it based on how he performed in big moments so maybe you're the one that's a little...dumb.
When you re watch this, honestly experience just took over
Man Chris Broussard,Mike Wilbon, Magic, Jon Barry, and the late great Stuart Scott. The first time I watched the NBA countdown those were the four analysts I saw on the screen. The NOSTALGIA 😭
3:14 pretty bad that the ref that was literally standing right in front of KD and Bron didn't call a foul.
last9emperor they missed a lot of calls, like at 9:20 d wade didnt foul at all
Final minute of the game, the foul wasn’t that hard and Durant should have made that....
tbh, the league back in that day was not as soft as today's. They didn't give lots of foul at end of the game. Today's refs are soft fast, so do players.
i feel like if that foul was called, durant sinks 2 free throws. probably goes into overtime and if the thunder can hold it together and win they are up 2-0 and take both home games. could have brought that momentum into game 3 and we're potentially looking at a 2 GAME swing. all because of 1 no call late in the game, but i guess you can get away with bs when you're lebum
@@mohiltrivedi8634 Skip Bayless is that you loool
If harden was'nt traded okc would somehow managed to win a title
nah
they dont have the killer mentality and harden wont blossom like he is today
This had something to do with maximum cap, they had to let go of harden.
@optemestic pats fan he joined a team of curry, klay, draymond they already that their own big 3 men, then durant joined them, that would be like lebron joining the celtics in 2008, they would win back 2 back of course, and the narrative will die, because he joined a championship team that was built of their own big 3 guys already, westbrook and harden could have done the same nonsense like kd and won too, curry is the reason kd has 2 rings
@Yabos 2014? with the way spurs were playing, hech no, I watched every minute of that game in that series, harden would make no difference
They will still use him as a backup 6th man and will not be as good as today. Thankfully he got traded.
If this Version of Wade showed up in 2014 Heat would have 3peated.
Or if Lebron showed up against the Mavs, Heat would have three peated, and Wade would've won another finals MVP
Wasnt wade hurt in 2014? Spo got beat by Pop. Heat should've definitely beat the mavs
@Dats a paddlin exactly. People don't realize the roster turnover of the heat in the summer of 2010. The whole team was brand new. Thats why they started 9-8. They didn't know how to play with each other, and Lebron just melted down. Real talk tho Wade played way worse in 2014 than LeBron did in 2011. But Lebron is Lebron and he was 26 opposed to Wade at 31.
@Dats a paddlin the mavs won so they earned it but you cant deny the fact that lebron disappeared in the 4qt. If he showed up in the 4th the story ends differently. I'll never forget bron standing under the rim looking lost
@@skipbayless4375 If they both showed up, they could have four-peated
Crazy to think that LeBron James had to go against Curry, Klay and KD.. Kd, Harden, and Westbrook.. Parker, Duncan, Kawhi, and Ginobli..
It's no wonder he's 3-6 in the Finals and was the underdog in most of the finals series.
Crazy to think the refs missed this blatant foul 3:16
No wonder he got Wade Bosh Irving Love all star teammate
He still choked against the Mavs
The Heat was actually also the underdog in this finals. Thunder was the favourites.
He either had Wade and Bosh or Irving and Love, he was on a superteam aswell all the time. . .
As a Celtics fan...I knew Miami was winning it all after Game 6 of the ECF... LeBron was like watching Goku go Super Saiyan for the first time...he simply could not be stopped, you have to respect it
Goku, I miss the come😢😢😢
As a Heat fan, I’m obviously glad we won the championship but I wish the series would’ve been more competitive. I expected this to be 7 games cause the Thunder were favorites to win.
god sports center used to be so legendary
danny schear my thoughts exactly! I miss that time.
Jake social media was already widespread. Nostalgia makes us yearn for the days of old
the red highlight bar on the stats screen did it for me. I miss those days haha 😭
@Jake social media was popping in 2012, especially IG
Westbrook dropped 27 in the 1st game and dropped 43 game 4
@@stratosphere2323 facts
It hurts now 😭
Wade and Bosh still has it even today. Glad to see them back.
What?
You trippin this was back in 2012
Wade is retired and Bosh is suffering from blood clots??
huh?
What ??????
Always nice to revisit this series.
12:45 did the ref just high five the heats coach????
Pat Riley, excited, inside, where it counts.
11:37 "Pat Riley, excited"
He doesn't seem excited to me lol
He said he was excited inside
Inside we’re it counts
Expressions don't always equal emotions
Such an exciting year for my Heat. Fun times.
An exciting robbery by the Miami Cheat paying off the refs
oakinW excuses
@@oakinw8361 if thats true, you can also point out the fact that thunder spurs and heat celtics 2012 series was rigged also, not only the finals, stern wanted a kd vs bron finals for ratings, so this is not a way of just writing lebron off, kd is going to be written off too, okc cheated and heat cheated, end of discussion
@@oakinw8361 nah harden choked 🤣🤣🤣 5 points in game 1 9 points in game 2 and 8 points in game 3 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡
Weneed him nope
As a Durant and Thunder fan at the time, this was when I knew Westbrook needed to go. His pace just blew too many games, KD was the best player but they could not finish games together. This was such a fun series and time for me in the NBA. My heart broke when they lost, and I truly cannot wait for KD to win in Brooklyn.
Ok kd fan
They must gettin rid of wb instead of harden. Let harden do the point for them. And add more athletic sniper like vince carter. Give credit to lebron he's so like mj specially on playoffs.
Bro Westbrook had 40 of in game 4. Westbrook balled this series. It was hardens fault
It wasn’t even westbrooks fault that they lost this series, harden choked. 12 ppg on 37% shooting. If harden averaged atleast 20 things could have been very different. KD isn’t winning anything in brooklyn
Westbrook shot better and scored more than Harden in this Finals. I might argue this was Russ personal best series in any postseason game.
Thanks for the video
i think that this is the most forgettable finals ever
It followed a very cookie-cutter formula. Heat had experience and suffered the previous year, Thunder were a young & upcoming team who was not yet ready to win the big one. 4-1 outcome.
MEMORIES!
There is no player in history of the basketball game who gets so much help from reffs as lebron James....
refs say the exact opposite. They say they have to do what they did with Shaq cause Lebron he's always fouled in the paint but the can't call it every time so please ..
Nah you can say 4-7, Lehelp all that, but you ain’t taking away Harden’s calling card like that.
How on earth did OKC have Durant, Harden, Westbrook, Sefalosha, & Ibaka... and NOT keep this team together? The only ones that have chips are Durant (injured now) and Ibaka.
Exactly cause OKC didn't want to pay harden
Thanks you ESPN
Big up to espn tv
12:45 The ref signs the coach that the game is over HAHAHA
When they show Godfather Pat Riley standing up...STILL TO DIS DAY (Wilder voice 😂) I believe Pat stood up with his arms folded so the MOB could get a picture of all those OKC fans that are rubbing it in around him 😂😂😂😂😂💯
Harden was nowhere to be found in this series smh
@Aaron Dill only 3 seasons?🤣🤣🤣🤣 Harden is trash and a world class choke artist
harden had 2 20 points 5 assists games playing as a third wheel...how can you expect harden to star when westbrook is handling the rock all the time
Bag Of rats you trippen harden is not trash
harden was wilding in them Miami strip clubs instead of being locked in☠️☠️
Hitler Jr lmfaoo Kendrick Perkins snitched Harden out for partying at the Miami strip clubs during those 2012 finals 🤣
Nobody talks abt a young kd against bron wade bosh they only care abt 2017 2018 durant took his revenge imo
WADE🔥🔥
Lebron to KD at 13:41, "Just do what I did, join a super team and you'll have one of these too"
😂
Wade played pretty well in this series
He carried them in the 4th every game
SSA INVINCIBLEx 😂
@@ethanennis8 he did
And Bronsexuals call him “no help” lmfao
@@IamSSAINVINCIBLEx Oh really? Lol
Okc was just a young talent back then,if they were assembled even now they would have been over powered
Kevin Durant,James harden,Russell Westbrook ,serge Ibaka,and more
11:26 man, fisher is a strong dude. he body block Lebron.
Kuya Well That man was a brick wall
12 yrs later & im still not over this. Thunder become a life long dynasty if they finish this season off
KD was unreal in this series.
The series where Harden created his legacy as a playoff choker. You hate to see it 😂
@Neo Gaming Channel Lmao what a terrible excuse. How old was Westbrook, 22 right?
Jon155 as a third option? Chill
@@carterbilbro4615 As the 6th man of the year? Chill
OKC was my favorite team for alot of years until it start to break apart with harden leaving and so on.
I miss that sports center layout
Gotdamn westbroook was 4-20 that game?!
That missed foul blew me kd should be at the line
When kd was impossible to hate
You know I ball just like the heat 🔥🔥🔥💯
man 2010-2017 nba finals had the nicest jerseys and scoreboards
Refs gave this Championship to the Heat, plain and simple
clownery
7:34 look at how fast wade was.
Growing up my dad like pacers. And my other familey like the jazz. But growing up playing nba live. I'd always play with Gary Payton and later Ray Allen.
So in this time frame this is when I became a thunder fan. Cause everyone was loving lebron
Get the facts straight...
this is PRIME LEBRON DWADE BOSH vs
21-22 year old baby KD WESTBROOK AND HARDEN...
Nah , D-wade and chris bosh already past them prime at this year but yea. Kd , Wb and Harden still young dudes.
Don’t act like that Thunder team was trash, because they weren’t, they were hella good, Westbrook, Harden, Durant, Ibaka, Perkins, those some bad dudes
@@ethanennis8 facts tell em
Correction KD and Westbrook were 23, while Harden was 22 haha. So uhm... yep they're young at that time, but still KD made a weak move when he joined the warriors so his two championships aren't valid. NOW THAT'S A FACT.
surajtrey5 nope KD was 24
If this line up still remain OKC must win a title with the BIG 3.
This was KD and Lebron both in their physical prime
Kd was just scratching his prime. I can easily tell you weren't watching then.
@@kwabenadonkor1865 I can easily tell you weren't watching either.
@Mama Mia Ima joking me
if you watched this live you remember how horrific and one sided the refs were for miami the entire series. miami was notorious for how they flopped during this time, they’d most likely win anyway but it wouldn’t have been in 5
Yeah, I hate to admit it,and I'm a Miami fan but the refs were kinda biased here. And I ain't saying they made Miami won the series but I don't know, most calls went Miami's way.
i'm wifin' justina valentine games 2-4 were winnable games for okc but their best player kd was always in foul trouble for a lot of touch fouls. the series should’ve went 7 but i do think miami probably would’ve won anyway though
@@billyfresh23 The worst phantom call i have ever seen live was during this series. KD cleanly blocks Dwade going for a dunk, gets called for a foul. After review, they see there was so no contact from KD, so they change the foul to westbrook even though he was like 5 feet away from the play.
Kai ma that foul on that wade and-1 when he did the up and under was for me. literally wasn’t touched
@@billyfresh23 The fact that this OKC team was so young made it worse. The officiating clearly got under their skin and they weren't able to play through the bad calls. They had no energy and pretty much gave up during game 5.
Oh, and the Thunder had Kendrick Perkins (who already had a Chip)... AND... Derek Fischer (multiple Chips).
I miss this Heat team
LeBron James Career NBA Finals Stats so far ‼️
2007 NBA finals
22.0 ppg 7 rpg 6.8 apg 1.0 spg 0.5 bpg
36 FG% - 20 3PTFG% - 69 FT%
Lost 0-4
2011 NBA finals
17.8 ppg 7.2 rpg 6.8 apg 1.7 spg 0.5 bpg
48 FG% - 32 3PTFG% - 60 FT%
Lost 2-4
2012 NBA finals
28.6 ppg 10.2 rpg 7.4 apg 1.6 spg 0.4 bpg
47 FG% - 19 3PTFG% - 83 FT%
Won 4-1
Finals MVP
2013 NBA finals
25.3 ppg 10.9 rpg 7.0 apg 2.3 spg 0.9 bpg
45 FG% - 35 3PTFG% - 80 FT%
Won 4-3
Finals MVP
2014 NBA finals
28.2 ppg 7.8 rpg 4.0 apg 2.0 spg 0.4 bpg
57 FG% - 52 3PTFG% - 79 FT%
Lost 1-4
2015 NBA finals
35.8 ppg 13.3 rpg 8.8 apg 1.3 spg 0.5 bpg
40 FG% - 31 3PTFG% - 69 FT%
Lost 2-4
2016 NBA finals
29.7ppg 11.3 rpg 8.9 apg 2.6 spg 2.3 bpg
*first player to lead both teams in all statistical categories*
49 FG% - 37 3PTFG% - 72 FT%
Won 4-3
Finals MVP
2017 NBA finals
33.6 ppg 12.0 rpg 10.0 apg 1.4 spg 1.0 bpg
*first player to averaged a triple double in NBA finals*
57 FG% - 39 3PTFG% - 65 FT%
Lost 1-4
2018 NBA finals
34.0 ppg 8.5 rpg 10.0 apg 1.3 spg 1.0 bpg
53 FG% - 33 3PTFG% - 84 FT%
Lost 0-4
*Career Finals Average*
28.2 ppg 10.0 rpg 7.7 apg 1.8 spg 0.9 bpg
47 FG% - 34 3PTFG% - 74 FT%
Stat: Still more finals loses than wins
@@Jesseg-rj6xf cmon look at his team in 2007 and 2014 his teammates underperformed 2011 was his fault 2017-2018 injuries and kd. lastly 2015 kyrie was injured and its a team sport and no other player in 2007,2017,2018 maybe 2015 wouldve won if they were in his predicament like lets be real he took them to 6 without kyrie in 2015
Shame they couldn't put 30 or 40 minutes. Full highlights of the series
Man we got into the playoffs Back -Back We we're to stacked But That KD Trade Ruined The Thunder But we still got into the playoffs back-to-back Then we traded ibaka. Then 2019 The Day Came We Had To Westbrook Traded To The Rockets With Harden But We Got Back Chris Paul Who Helped Us Got Us Into The Playoffs Again.Which Is Impressive. Can't forget Us Getting Carmelo And PG-13 But trading them both but we got Shai from the Pg13 trade And no one? From Carmelo trade.Then 2020 We Traded Steven Adams To The Pelicans For No One.
That boy Bosh has a lot of sugar in his kool-aid, did y'all see that celebration haha
“Pat Riley, excited inside where it counts.”😂
D wade: we fight! We fight! We fight! Let's go!
By far the most athletic-laden NBA finals sans Jordan & Kemp!!!
13:10 I SAID STAPH LOOKIN AT MY lEMonAde !!! lmaoooooooooo
Thunder trio just weren't ready yet.
They needed more time more chemistry.
Too much competition in the west.
They played in too many
game 6s and 7s.
The series that got James Harden traded
The series where Harden created his legacy as a playoff choker. You hate to see it 😂
Was still a terrible decision
It was rigged
@@Likerios22244 proof?
dolo. shaun how?
The 2012 NBA Finals was a "Southern-style showdown" between the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder, but, where were the Southern-style chicken and the Southern-style biscuits?
LeBron dominated. KD did the same in 2017. Both won 4-1.
Yeah but kd had to join a 73-9 championship warriors team to do that
@@stevenvargas4800 After the Warriors blew a 3-1 lead as well, imagine if KD never did
The music sounds like something out of a Japanese anime RPG.
Not saying this series was rigged, but that no call at the end of game 2 was literally the series. Game 3 and Game 4 was the same way. The Heat got away with so many over the backs and the refs gave Dwade and Lebron every call in those two games. I think if they called that foul in game 2,Durant hits those free thows, Thunder win, it's a 7 game series for real
Classic case of NBA vets like Lebron and Wade getting favoured over younger stars like Russ and KD
It’s sad because this was the 2 3 2 home format so because they lost game 2 they didn’t have home court advantage for any other game
If OKC wins that game 2 they would’ve had 2 last games at home where they were excellent
anyone notice the ref gave coach spo a high five??? @12:45
Okc had 3 future mvp in one team
That Thunder team should have stayed together.
What kinda Goosebumps typa music is this
Man harden always never showed up in the playoffs
man never had that much playing time idiot
Looking back KD, Westbrook and Harden were like 23 here. That's cool. Harden choked. But if you look at his role, he's a freaking 6th man. Imagine having Durant and Westbrook starting along with Ibaka , and still have Harden on the bench. Idk, I don't know how the Harden trade went down, maybe the front office didn't give it time, but that trio would've been fun to watch.
Harden wanted to have more money and the front office didn't agree
Do the 2012 eastern conference finals
Still heartbroken.
One of the biggest NBA mistakes for the Thunder to move of Harden. Imagine them keepkng Harden and then trading Westbrook for a great big man and a role player ?
Remember This Series When I Was Younger… You Had 2 Big 3’s Goin @ It
Is that a baby raptor in the thumbnail?
Lebron learned well from 2011
Bosh is like that fun guy
I think if the format of the finals was like it is now, this serie would had gone to 6 games
no
they played 5 games, heat 4 - 1 okc
I miss that thunder team
Haters gonna say series was rigged
It was only Bronsexuals disagree
@@oakinw8361 how?
@@jeffreyxu6430 the tape doesn't lie. Look it up
@@oakinw8361 so, bad calls always happen. Like 2018 WCF game 7
oakinW excuses. Just keep on crying
“Charmers and Durant exchanging recipes.”😂
This thunder is nice, KD, Westbrook, Harden, all brcome NBA MVP.
Prime GOAT
„Hate now, hate now...“
How could we have predicted that this Thunder team would never return to the finals
Let alone predict that the they'd be on 3 separate teams.
-Harden is on his 4th team
-Westbrook is on his 4th
-Durant is on his 3rd
Thunder really had a squad. KD, Russ, Harden, Perkins, Ibaka, D Fisher
I forgot how terrible harden was all series
Harden wasn’t harden yet ppl forget that & 😂 I guess you can much ain’t change
I love it