Another game-winner

The great players always find someone to hate. It keeps them motivated.
Larry Bird once found motivation to beat the Cavaliers in a playoff series by focusing his anger on Cleveland fans who were heckling him.
"Let them boo all summer," he snarled in the spring of 1985. Then he set about eliminating the Cavs in four games.
Michael Jordan found the key to six NBA titles by antagonizing pretty much everyone in an opposing uniform.
Maybe LeBron James finally found his bad guys in Monday night's win over the Hornets in Oklahoma City. They were wearing whistles.
LeBron has at times been derided for being way too diplomatic with the opposition. He was spotted embracing members of the Pistons following a two-game beatdown at the end of February. You remember, when Rasheed Wallace made Zydrunas Ilgauskas' forehead resemble a first aid video.
The one group LeBron has never had trouble expressing displeasure with, at least on the court, is the officials. Among all the basketball moves LeBron has perfected or nearly-perfected, he has also become well-versed in the incredulous, you-cannot-be-serious gesticulations of a man that has either been hacked with no whistle, or was tagged with a foul for breathing on someone.
The former appeared to happen late in the fourth quarter Monday. With the Cavs leading 101-100 and less than 30 seconds to play, LeBron penetrated the paint with a hop, step and jump. He negotiated a sea of Hornet arms before laying a shot off the glass that failed to find the hoop. As the Hornets grabbed the rebound and sprinted to the other end, LeBron hung back for a second, arms extended, pained expression on his face, staring at a ref. He might as well have had "Where's the foul?" tattooed across his forehead.
Replays did show arm-on-arm contact during LeBron's drive. But officials have been known to let play continue through that type of contact, certainly with the game on the line.
But to LeBron, it was an officiating gaffe. And it apparently lit a win-now fire under him.
When Desmond Mason was fouled and missed one of two free throws, leaving the game tied at 101, LeBron apparently felt the onus was on him to prevent an official's non-call from forcing overtime.
With five seconds remaining, he took the inbounds pass, dribbled a few times, sized up the situation and made his move. He jab-stepped inside the three-point arc, pulled back, shot a 20-footer and made it with .5 seconds to play. When the Hornets failed to get a shot off in the remaining time, LeBron had his second game-winner in a month.
The play was almost identical to the shot that beat the Bobcats in overtime last month at The Q. Now LeBron has a game-winner on the road. Not just on the road, but in front of a loud, animated sellout Oklahoma City crowd fully embracing their first taste of big league pro sports.
And it all might be due to a perceived non-call by a ref.
At least we know that, when provoked, LeBron is capable of inserting the dagger.