Former Miami Heat striker Chris Bosh said Tuesday that the team’s loss to the Dallas Mavericks in the 2011 NBA Finals in retrospect was a positive thing that paved the way for long-term success.
Bosh and LeBron James joined Dwyane Wade in Miami in the 2010 off-season to shape the Big Three, which generated expectations, but Toronto Star Raptors told JJ Redick about the New Orleans Pelicans. in a YouTube interview that the backhand for the first year was significant.
“I felt it would probably have been the worst thing for this team: to succeed from the beginning,” he said. “I think in adulthood we wouldn’t have been able to recover and deal with the things you have to deal with as the protective champion. I don’t think we would have accepted this challenge. “
Here’s a preview of the full verbal exchange (comments on the 2011 final defeat begin at 5:15 a. m. ):
The Heat finished for a moment at the East Conference in the normal 2010–11 season, but broke into the East Playoffs, wasting only three games in three rounds to earn a place in the final.
Dallas, however, won the championship series in six games, while Miami struggled to get a production of one of its players outside the Big Three.
The Heat continued to win back-to-back titles in 2012 and 2013; they failed in the 2014 final against the San Antonio Spurs, then James chose to retire that summer to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Bosh remained in Miami until the end of his career in 2017 due to blood clot problems. His No. 1 shirt was retired by heat in March 2019.