Miami Heat 101, Boston Celtics 88 (Miami wins series, 4-3) It was Nervous Time, for a while. The Miami Heat helpers weren't helping, Dwyane Wade appeared to be playing as if he couldn't wait for 2012-13 to start, and LeBron James' offensive focus seemed to wane a bit in comparison to the locked-in focus we got from the guy in Thursday's Game 6. Also, Chris Bosh was on the bench for a while. We define "a while" as "too damn long." Then, at once, each of these things changed. James drove to the hoop, realizing that picking and choosing and playing the percentages as he hit the open man just wasn't going to sway things for his lacking team. Unless that open man was Chris Bosh, who finally got off the bench eight minutes into the second half. And once those two got rolling, Dwyane Wade got his formidable all-around game together long enough to help put the Celtics away. And, in the process, the Heat took a classic Game 7. The team did all the stuff necessary to stave off a close game in the final stretches, tidying up all angles of what ailed them in the first half long enough to pull away with a dominant second half. Boston had no options but to just marvel at the beast without a name. Miami, after even a shortened season that seemed to go on forever because of the usual storm and stress that walks hand in hand with the Heat and their mixed metaphor-obsessed media followers, is heading to the Finals. And they earned this one, sports fans. Took it.

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