I seriously thought that Cavs were going to lose that game with the Suns last night.
It was going to be Golden state just the night all over again being up 20 points just to lose it in the end. But it did not happen. Lebron kicked it up and closed the door on any sort of come back.
That's what makes Lebron James better than the entire Steph Curry team. Warriors are good at the start of the game but in crucial situation, you can always rely on Lebron James. But that's fine, the game is very entertaining actually since young guns of Phoenix suns have stepped up.
Meanwhile, seems like the bulls are not competing well against the thunder, they are down big now going to the fourth quarter, I hope they'll bounce again.
They don't have a reliable finisher like you mentioned that the cavaliers have in lebron james or Kyrie Irving and the warriors have with steph curry or klay thompson. The bulls just don't have that. You know how many times I have watched a bulls game and see Jimmy butler and Dwyane Wade not being able to close it out like the above mentioned? Too many to count really.
And it looks like the same thing happened in the windy city tonight when they went against the thunder.
Interesting theory, I think it's not that they don't reliable finishers, they do have them but not at big stages. Durant, Curry and Thompson are capable of winning many games and even series by themselves but they've failed to prove themselves at the big stage. Durant with OKC multiple times (even back against Miami) and GSW to a lesser extent since they did win the trophy (with the Cavs missing two stars...).
There's currently an identity crisis on who (either Curry or Durant) should be shooting or taking charge in the final minutes. Both score a lot in the final quarter but neither one of them is known as a clutch player like Irving or even Lillard. I think to win that title they will have to prove it against the Cavs in this year finals (or other team).
If not, critics and sports media will have some new targets the way Lebron was before winning his first championship with Miami. I would argue that the media didn't stop criticizing him until he won with Cleveland last year, now he ascended to another level.