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NEW YORK, N. Anthony Rizzo Green Jersey .Y. - His opponent couldnt stop him, and LeBron James didnt quite know what to think when his coach tried. Erik Spoelstra asked James about taking a fourth-quarter rest, but the game was too important to sit. So the answer was no — just not said so politely. "He asked me and I didnt know if he was serious or not, and what I told him I cannot say again," James said. "So I wanted to finish out the game. I felt like it was a must-win for us." James tied his playoff career high with 49 points, Chris Bosh made the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 57 seconds left, and the Miami Heat beat the Brooklyn Nets 102-96 Monday night for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. James carried the Heat nearly the entire way until Bosh hit the basket that put Miami ahead for good — a play where James resisted the temptation to force a shot, instead passing to Mario Chalmers, who swung it to a wide-open Bosh. Ray Allen followed with four free throws and James finished it off with one more, putting the Heat in position to wrap it up at home Wednesday in Game 5. James was 16 of 24 from the field and 14 of 19 from the free throw line in matching the 49 points he scored for Cleveland against Orlando in the 2009 Eastern Conference finals. He missed his second free throw with 1.1 seconds left, muttering to himself after. "Thats the first time Ive been disappointed in myself in a win," James said before smiling, realizing his performance left nothing to complain about. "He was what was needed on the road and thats what makes him the best player in the game," Spoelstra said. Joe Johnson scored 18 points for the Nets, who were 15 of 25 from 3-point range in their Game 3 victory but only 5 of 22 in this one. Paul Pierce added 16 points. "This is very difficult to swallow," Nets centre Kevin Garnett said. "Hard to take, but its what it is. Coulda, shoulda, woulda doesnt help us at this point." Dwyane Wade scored 15 points on the night his Heat post-season record of 46 points was shattered. Bosh finished with 12. Miami pulled out a thrilling victory in a game in which neither team led by double digits and has won at least one road game in 14 straight series, breaking the record set by the Chicago Bulls from 1991-94. Garnetts two free throws tied it with 2:30 remaining. Bosh then missed a pair of 3-pointers before getting a third crack at it in the corner in front of the Brooklyn bench for a 97-94 lead. Johnson then missed a jumper while trying to draw James sixth foul — Johnson said afterward James "flopped" — and Allens free throws put it away. "Obviously the series is not over but we really have to have some urgency going to Miami and weve got to come out of there with one," Johnson said. Wade scored 46 points against Boston in the 2010 playoffs, and James best in a Heat uniform had also come against the Celtics, his memorable 45-point performance that saved Miamis season in Game 6 of the 2012 Eastern Conference finals. Pierce, who asked to guard James after Game 1, was on the wrong end of this LeBron masterpiece. James and the Heat had shrugged off a couple days of chatter from Pierce, who said the Nets werent afraid of them. But things were testy at the start, with first-quarter technical fouls for James, Pierce, Shane Battier and Alan Anderson. Miami started quickly again and led 27-22 after one behind 12 points from James. He opened the second on the bench and Brooklyn started with a 9-2 spurt to take its first lead at 31-29. James was a force once he returned — especially after a second foul against him seemed to get James more annoyed than any of Pierces talking did. James gave Pierce a glare after a thunderous slam later in the period, when he had 13 points in 7 1/2 minutes, and the Heat led 56-49. James had 13 straight Miami points in the third, but Brooklyn cut it to one on a few occasions before he made a pair of free throws to give Miami a 79-76 lead. NOTES: Mirza Teletovic was held to four points and missed all three 3-point attempts. He had been 11 of 19 in the series, Wade saying before the game it was "red alert" when he entered. ... As they have during post-season home games, the Nets had a Brooklyn-based entertainer announce their starting lineups. On Monday it was Mike D of the Beastie Boys. Denzel Washington, Spike Lee and Floyd Mayweather Jr. were also in the crowd. Trevor Cahill Cubs Jersey .Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford broke their Canadian record to win the pairs competition Saturday at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. Carlos Zambrano Cubs Jersey . The Indians are 3 1/2 games out of the second wild-card spot after Oakland, Kansas City and Seattle all lost ahead of them earlier in the day. The start of the game was delayed for more than two hours because of rain.Much like his play on the pitch over the last twenty years, Alessandro Nestas retirement announcement was understated. If you werent watching closely, you might not even have noticed that one of the games great defenders is calling it a day. Nesta has decided to hang up his boots at the end of the 2013 MLS season. In his prime, Nesta was world class - one of the best central defenders of his generation and, arguably, one of the greatest to ever play the position. While others - Franz Beckenbauer, Bobby Moore or Franco Baresi in particular - dominate the debate over who was the greatest ever, Nesta is not far from that class. Even at the age of 37, I saw glimpses from Nesta this season that were like winding the clock back a decade. Gliding across the pitch at the back to intercept a pass, sidestep a forward and calmly distribute the ball to a teammate. It was as though he were playing the game in slippers, casually enjoying a cigar and three fingers of brandy at the same time. He was coolness personified; like James Dean in football boots. At other times, though, it was painful watching one of the games greats losing the footrace with father time. In New York in July, Nesta struggled badly as the Montreal Impact lost to the Red Bulls by a score of 4-0. In September, Nesta was found wanting as the Vancouver Whitecaps crushed the Impact 3-0 in Montreal. The mind was willing, but the body was unable to keep up. But it would be entirely unfair to let those images tarnish what has been a remarkable career for the Italian. A World Cup winner in 2006 (although he readily admits that thhe injury he suffered in the group stage that subsequently ended his tournament took the lustre off the title) and Euro 2000 runner-up with Italy; three-time Serie A winner; three-time Coppa Italia winner; three-time UEFA Super Cup winner; three-time UEFA Champions League winner with Milan; four-time Serie A Defender of the Year; four-time UEFA Team of the Year and two-time FIFPro World XI - the list of Nestas honours in the game is staggering. Anthony Rizzo Red Jersey. Yet Nesta wants one more title before his playing career is over. He wants to win the MLS Cup with the Montreal Impact. To do so, Nesta will need his teammates to do him a favour, as he is unlikely to be involved in Saturdays final regular season game in Toronto (You can catch the game live on TSN at 4pm et/1pm pt.) In the final stages of last weekends vital 2-1 come-from-behind victory over the Philadelphia Union, Nesta left the game with a calf strain. The injury could mean that Nestas retirement starts early, but the Italian will hope to recover in time to play a part in the Impacts first ever post-season appearance…if his teammates can get him there. It wont be easy for Montreal. While Toronto FCs playoff dreams were realistically over sometime in the middle of the season, they would desperately love to get one over on the Impact by sending them crashing to defeat at their final playoff hurdle. Like fans of both clubs, Nesta will be a spectator on Saturday. But fans of the beautiful game must surely be hoping for an encore playoff performance from the Italian to cap what has been a magnificent career. Cheap China Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China China NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys China ' ' '
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