The world is one quarter away from having to throw a bunch of jokes in the trash.
At the end of three quarters in Miami, the Heat lead the Thunder 95-71 and LeBron James is closing in on his first NBA Championship.
A 16-1 run late in the third quarter pushed a seven-point deficit into 22 points and the party began on South Beach. There was a lot of this:
The Thunder have been led by Kevin Durant's 26 points on 11-for-20 shooting, along with nine rebounds. Russell Westbrook has 19 points on 4-for-17 shooting. He's 11-for-13 from the three-throw line .
But the man of the night as been James, who has 19 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds, turning in a great performance at the most important time. Soon, he'll get to celebrate.
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