LeBron James drove to the basket and made a layup at the buzzer to give the Heat a 103-102 win over the Pacers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. NBA players immediately took to Twitter to react to James' basket and the Pacers' decision to keep rim-protector Roy Hibbert on the bench for the final play.

Right when Bron saw them take Hibbert out everybody in the arena knew he was going straight to the rim.

— Kendall Marshall (@KButter5) May 23, 2013

Wow.Lebron

— Mike Conley (@mconley11) May 23, 2013

How did he get a wide open layup? Lol. Great play call or TURRIBLE defense? Both? Lol

— Anthony Tolliver (@ATolliver44) May 23, 2013

Remember when bron wasn't clutch? Can't say that anymore #NBAplayoffs

— Patrick Ewing Jr (@pewingjr6) May 23, 2013

Lebron, triple double with 30pts!What a game!!

— Kris Humphries (@KrisHumphries) May 23, 2013

Got to have big fella in there with 2.2 seconds left. "Shot blocking"! got to love the NBA playoffs because its filled with excitement!

— Jermaine O'Neal (@jermaineoneal) May 23, 2013

Paul george and sam young let him go in for a layup like its the 1st quarter #foulhim

— chuck hayes (@c_hayes44) May 23, 2013

And that's why he is the best in the game.

— Austin Rivers (@AustinRivers25) May 23, 2013

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Mike Krzyzewski turned Team USA men's basketball around after a disappointing bronze medal finish in the 2004 games -- now, he's reportedly decided to remain on the team for the 2016 games, despite saying he planned on ending his international career after winning gold in 2012. Can you name every man to coach the team since 1984? Take our quiz now!

The draft lottery has been great to the Cleveland Cavaliers -- they got LeBron James out of it one year, Kyrie Irving in another, and now they've got the No. 1 pick in this year's draft. There's no true standout star from this class (although a healthy Nerlens Noel might qualify), leading to speculation that the Cavs might end up trading the pick -- a move that hasn't been made in 20 years. The Cavs have three other picks in this draft and a lot of cap space, but the lure of picking first might be too strong for them to resist, given how well it's worked for them in the past.

More: How would you rank the top players in this year's NBA draft?

Which of these players would be the best choice for the Cavaliers to take with the first pick of the NBA draft?

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  16%
  Trey Burke, Michigan G
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  13%
  Ben McLemore, Kansas G
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  49%
  Nerlens Noel, Kentucky F
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  9%
  Victor Oladipo, Indiana G
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  13%
  Otto Porter Jr., Georgetown F

(Total votes: 157,176)

Would the Cavaliers be championship contenders with a core of Kyrie Irving and a healthy Nerlens Noel?

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  6%
  Yes, immediately
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  63%
  Yes, eventually
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  31%
  No

(Total votes: 5,373)

Should the worst team in the NBA automatically get the No. 1 pick in the draft, instead of a higher chance at it under the current lottery system?

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  67%
  Yes
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  33%
  No

(Total votes: 39,246)

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Leading a team to 56 wins and a Pacific Division title is usually enough to keep a coach's job secure, but that clearly wasn't the case with Vinny Del Negro and the Clippers. A first-round playoff loss to the Memphis Grizzlies likely didn't help matters, although Del Negro did have to deal with a slew of injuries to some of his best players. Assuming they keep Chris Paul, the Clippers will find out next season whether Del Negro was the reason why they couldn't get over the hump.

• Max Rymerr: "The NBA is so volatile for head coaches. Del Negro helped take this team from joke-city to lob-city."
• WPStud2026: "That was their problem. Outside of dunking, no offense weapon other than Chris Paul. Maybe the key to keeping him is getting rid of Del Negro."
• delashore: "Del Negro deserved to get fired, but CP3 is overrated. He's been out of the first round, what, one time? Not sure why everyone always makes him out to be the indisputable best PG in the league."
• Susie Creamcheese: "The Clippers didn't win because of VDN, they won in spite of VDN."
• windycloud2: "VDN mayn't be the best coach, but it wasn't his fault that they lost to Memphis! If you think about it, they replaced all of their tough-defenders, like Martin, Evan with veteran scorers or something!! memphis killed on the boards. that didn't work. They should fire the GM!"
• BigBoiJake823: "Mediocre coach. He had two seasons of Chris Paul/Blake Griffin to prove his worth, and the findings prove that he needs to be a feistier coach; inject some grit into his players. The Clippers have never been a tough team - but they certainly had the pieces this season, and maybe even last season too. Overall, they need a more accountable coach."

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When you pay a baseball team $214.8 million, you expect certain things in return for your investment. Wins would be nice. Scoring some runs would be great, too. Both have been scarce for the Dodgers, 18-25 entering Tuesday's games and 29th in the majors in runs scored. Consider this: Only the Marlins have scored fewer runs. And Miami's payroll is substantially less than the Dodgers' $214.8 million.

So should we interpret general manager Ned Colletti's endorsement of manager Don Mattingly as the dreaded vote of confidence -- the kind often followed by a firing? Mattingly isn't to blame for the Dodgers' near-comic rash of early season injuries. And Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier haven't exactly hit the cover off the ball. But fairly or unfairly, it's the manager who pays with his job when things go wrong. Will Mattingly survive the season?

• Dylan Glover: "I don't think Mattingly is a very good manager, and as a Giants fan, I hope they give him an extension, but I don't think it makes a lot of sense to fire him. His contract is up at the end of the year. If they don't want him then just bring someone else in next season. Maybe the Rockies caught fire that one season after a manager change, but I really don't think a manager change would be able to turn that team around."
• Eric George: ""The core" isn't the problem, sure ethier and kemp have had slow starts but crawford, gonzo and greinke have been great. It's the peripherals that have destroyed this team so far. Outside of beckett (and ramirez because of injury) all the big name money acquisitions have come through. The bullpen is a wreck with no real closer, league dosen't have the stuff while jansen has the stuff but not the mental toughness. Fact outside the aforementioned players and of course kershaw and ryu it seems too many players don't mind losing and for that I do blame Mattingly."
• Steve Daly: "The Dodgers organization is a pitching juggernaut, but who's the last guy besides Kemp they've developed offensively? Interesting to note by the way that Kemp was a sixth-round pick. Beyond him, who? James Loney? AJ Ellis? Before that, maybe Adrian Beltre. Russell Martin maybe. I got no problem with them paying a gazillion dollars for their middle-of-the-order bats, but every once in a while you gotta have a competent middle infielder or something who you can plug in for six years. They got no organizational depth on the offensive side."
• Jennifer Lucille King Schlickbernd: "What is Mattingly supposed to do, be Bobby Valentine and yell at them all day? We saw how well that worked in Boston. Fire Ned first if you just have to fire someone."
• Lee Fogel: "Donnie B does not deserve to be fired over this mess. He's done what he could with the players given him. The Ethier contact is terrible as he's been too streaky and inconsistent for the money he has been paid. And Kemp is just not the same player at all as he was in 2011. I seriously hope that they leave Donnie alone."

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