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Kevin Durant and Kobe Bryant scored more points than LeBron James this season. Durant might win more than a scoring title this year if he and the Thunder can get past the Mavericks in the first round and Kobe has already won more than any basketball star since Michael Jordan .

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Doesn t change something: LeBron James is a bigger star than both of them in the NBA and maybe the biggest in sports. One of the reasons is that he still hasn t won anything.

And if he doesn t win this time, if the other members of the Big Three on the Miami Heat Chris Bosh don t get it done this time, this officially becomes a Big Thing down there in Miami. Just more for LeBron than anybody else. Just because the reality is that it s him and the Other Two in Miami and has been from the start.

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Wade already has his ring. Doesn t mean it won t be nothing if he doesn t win another title for the Miami Heat. Just not the way it will be for LeBron.

He is the biggest star and the best player and that is why he is facing more pressure in this NBA postseason than anybody in his sport has ever faced, moving up on two years since he had his Decision special on television and announced he was taking his talents to South Beach. More than ever, it s on him this time if the Heat don t win after coming as close as they did last time.

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This isn t about fair or unfair. It is just the way things are. LeBron promised all those rings when he and Wade and Bosh had their official dopey Dance Fever introduction to Heat fans. Now he is expected to win just one.

Peyton Manning finally got his Super Bowl. Alex Rodriguez finally got his World Series. Now it is supposed to be LeBron s turn. Even Peyton, one of the great players of all time in his sport, one of the most valuable players of all time, didn t face pressure like this before he finally won his Super Bowl in. Miami!

It is one more reason why the Knicks need to put pressure on LeBron and the Other Two early in this first-round series, because it just puts more pressure on the Heat to close the deal this time.