Miami Heat forward LeBron James remains undefeated in his summer tour across America, Tuesday night helping lead a star-laden “Melo League” roster in Baltimore to a 149-141 victory over a team from the Washington-based Goodman League. While official stats are limited in such exhibitions, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant led all scorers with a reported 59 points, often defended in the game at Morgan State University by James. As for James?

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Miami Heat forward LeBron James remains undefeated in his summer tour across America, Tuesday night helping lead a star-laden “Melo League” roster in Baltimore to a 149-141 victory over a team from the Washington-based Goodman League. While official stats are limited in such exhibitions, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant led all scorers with a reported 59 points, often defended in the game at Morgan State University by James. As for James?

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MIAMI— Five years ago, when the Miami Heat defeated the Dallas Mavericks in the 2006 NBA Finals, the widespread perception was that Pat Riley had outcoached Avery Johnson, as the Heat overcame a 2-0 deficit to take the best-of-seven series in six games.

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MIAMI— Five years ago, when the Miami Heat defeated the Dallas Mavericks in the 2006 NBA Finals, the widespread perception was that Pat Riley had outcoached Avery Johnson, as the Heat overcame a 2-0 deficit to take the best-of-seven series in six games. Based on comments offered Monday by Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, the belief in Dallas is that the 2011 championship might have come down to the edge Rick Carlisle had on Heat coach Erik Spoelstra. Interviewed on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Live,” choosing his words carefully amid the NBA lockout, Cuban offered his view on how the Mavericks took this past June’s NBA Finals in six games, after falling behind 2-1 in the best-of-seven series

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A Miami Heat team in it’s first season together went all the way to the NBA finals before losing to a Dallas Mavericks team that found it’s stride after years together. That chemistry was part of the difference in that series. Watching the Heat lose was something fans everywhere and Kevin Love savored.

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