Dwayne Wade and the moment he really bonded with LeBron James after his poor performance in the 2011 Finals

2011 NBA Finals most remembered for Dirk Nowitzki finally become champion dallas mavericks Possibly the most impressive underdog in playoff history as they defeated Kobe Bryant’s Los Angeles Lakers, Westbrook and Durant’s Thunder young core, the most important is, The Big Three of the Miami Heat are LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh.

this hot The collapse during the finals, with their stars looking incompetent and frustrated as they were outclassed by a seemingly inferior team when they only had one All-Star Dirk Nowitzki and a bunch of role players.

Wade’s relationship with LeBron James gets real

Dwayne Wade talks to Evan Turner and Andre Iguodola on ‘The Point Forward’ podcastwhen he revealed an episode of the Heat where he was so frustrated with the way the Finals were going that he yelled on lebron james After seeing that the “King” didn’t live up to expectations, he slapped him in the face.

I know our relationship. I know I can talk to Brown because he can talk to me the same way. We are not sensitive. (…) In that moment in Dallas, it was all about me and him, and I felt like he wasn’t at the level we needed to be able to win. That moment might not be those finals, but the next final, and the next final, and the next final.

Dwayne Wade

Miami’s Big Three

Although the Big Three Heat lost the Finals, they won consecutive championships in 2012 and 2013, and entered the Finals again in 2014, losing to Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Kawhi Leonard , Manu Ginobili and the San Antonio Spurs.

After losing in the Finals, LeBron James returned to the Cleveland Cavaliers for the 2014-15 NBA season, ending the Big Three’s winning streak.