LeBron tastes title

The Miami Heat are halfway to glory as they sit level with the Dallas Mavericks at two games apiece in the National Basketball Association Finals.

For Heat forward LeBron James, two more wins will mean his first ring and validation for his decision to skip out of Cleveland to join Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.

“Of course we’re starting to taste it,” James said. “But we’ve got a lot of work. This game five on Thursday is going to be extremely hard, just like game three, just like game two and just like game one.

“The critics have a right to say what they want to say. For me and D-Wade and our team, we just try to go out and play our game, let our game do the talking. It’s not about listening to clips, those guys have the right to say just what they want to say.”