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"Basically I was saying at the end of the day this season is over and -- with all hatred -- everyone else has to move on with their lives, good or bad. I do too," James said.

"It wasn't saying I'm superior or better than anyone else, any man or woman on this planet, I'm not. I would never ever look at myself bigger than anyone who watched our game. It may have come off wrong but that wasn't my intent."

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James I would never ever look at myself bigger than anyone who watched our game. It may have come off wrong but that wasn't my intent.
” -- LeBron James

The Heat are far from over their Finals loss to the Mavericks and were just beginning to put things in perspective as they cleaned out their lockers and went through final meetings on Tuesday. Dwyane Wade said he was in a state of depression. James said he was the definition of the word "low."

Two days after their Game 6 defeat, James said he was especially upset because he felt he let his teammates down with a poor performance. James averaged just 17.8 points and had several poor late-game efforts during the series as the Mavs won the final three games to take the title.

"I put a lot of pressure on myself not to let my teammates down, maybe to a fault at times," James said. "I didn't play up to my own standards. Did that cost us the Finals? I don't know. I'm not satisfied with my performance."

James was also asked if he had any regrets over the events of the last year, especially his decision to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers.

"You can't live your life going back and saying 'if I could do it again,' life doesn't run its course like that," James said. "There are times when you feel like if you did have another opportunity you would change it but you can't move on in life thinking about the past."

On a day when the Heat hoped to be playing a Game 7, Wade said he thought this season would be easier. The team came within two victories of a title but struggled at times as James, Wade and Chris Bosh had some issues meshing their roles. Wade admitted getting three All-Stars to fit was more challenging than it first appeared when they all signed with the Heat last summer.

"You come into a season and see the talent on your roster and you immediately think the game is going to be easier for you; you expect certain things to happen," Wade said. "You have to work the game, no one can come in and automatically be great at something."

Brian Windhorst covers the NBA for ESPN.com.

Maybe Lebron got a new PR guy or something, since at least todays comments are better.

LET'S TALK HOCKEY! , YOU KNOW US MINNESOTA GUYS... Who's it going to be ? Boston or Vancouver? Boston has the momentum, but neither team can win away from home. Hmmm.....

Very strange series this has been. I've watched every game (still trying to impress a Canadian acquaintance ). Vancouver yesterday looked like they had a pretty similar gameplan to the previous game, but those 5 minutes in the first period cost them. Huge decision for the coach about whether to use Luongo for game 7 - his confidence looked shot yesterday.

[Vancouver has way too much invested in him - long term contract that they don't have a hope fo trading. If they sit him then they are in a mess next season.

About the only thing that would give me hope Lebron has a chance of becoming a mensch is finding out he fired his entire management team - every last one of them. My God, "The Decision"??? That was a first and all time low in sports history. Many wunderkinds in the NBA, NFL, MLB, and even that other league (NHL is it?? ) have had the same upbringing as James, but no one has gone so ridiculously far.

Honestly, I don't have much hope and it's a shame because he could be the best who ever played before his career is over. Jordan was loved (except ironically enough in Cleveland where they never got over The Shot). Lebron went in the opposite direction into unchartered waters. It's hard to play like the best in the game if you are reviled. So far that is all he's earned (and a shit load of $$$)

I'd love to see Vancouver win it all, they don't have any other sports up there so this is about the last shot they'll have at a championship for a while but honestly Boston has outplayed Vancouver all series. even though Luongo has played great at home Boston knows they can beat him. Thomas on the other hand has played like a stud, even in the losses.

The "decision" was retarded and honestly just kinda awkward, but if you think about it everything else that's happened in his life since high school has been made public and scrutinized by the vast majority of the NBA loving public. Cleveland had a giant frigging billboard with a picture of him that said "Witness", like it was the second coming or something. He probably thought that the decision show would be good so everyone would know what was going on. That's narcissistic, but I'd probably be pretty narcissistic too if I was worshiped since I was a teenager.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9NHRD10DmCc

He was very good in game 5