Why wasn't Kevin Durant able to beat Lebron in 2012?

[Marchesk]

If it had been 1 on 1, OP might have had a point. But the reasons the Miami Heat beat the OKC Thunder included the Heat being at their peak while the Thunder were very young, Brooks being stubborn and not making needed adjustments, and Harden had a poor series.

[GrapeApe]

This would be the reason why...

Excluding game 1, Wade was a beast that finals. In games 2-5 he averaged 23.8 PPG, all wins for the Heat.

I've always felt it was / is a very underrated performance by Wade.

23/6/5 with 1.5 steals, 1.2 blocks, and outstanding defense.

That would often be good enough for FMVP. (Lebron deserved it of course, I'm just saying that Wade was damn good too)

[gilalizard]

[Lebronxrings]

because lebron went scary mode. Seriously when you watch those games it was scary how good lebron was. He singlehandedly destroyed durant, westbrook, harden. He locked kd during the crunch time and defended harden to the point where harden looked terrible. Durant faced a man on a mission, one clearly above the rest.