 LeBron James, Miami Heat win NBA championship, rout Oklahoma City Thunder 121-106 in Game 5 King James' gets triple-double, wins Finals MVP and leads Miami to NBA title two years after televised special 'The Decision' broke hearts of hometown 
 
 HEAT 121, THUNDER 106 
 
 
 
 MIAMI — LeBron James danced the last few precious seconds away, soaking up the moment and waiting to take a confetti shower. The man dubbed "The King" in high school finally had his coronation, and while the game will go down in history as James's vindication party, it will not be remembered as particularly dramatic. PHOTOS: LEBRON, HEAT WIN NBA TITLE 
 
 
 
 “It’s about damn time,” James said when it was over. James won in every conceivable way Thursday as his Heat beat the Oklahoma City Thunder, 121-106, in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to win James's first NBA title, erasing nine years of doubts and disappointment. That didn't come easily last year when the Heat made the Finals but lost to the Dallas Mavericks in one of the biggest flops in recent NBA history. James notched a triple-double in a superb 44 minutes, with 26 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds to set a steady pace for a drubbing. For the Heat, this is the reward for an impossibly wacky two years that began in the summer of 2010, when it became possibly the most disliked team in sports after James ditched the Cleveland Cavaliers to team up with Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade to form a megateam in South Florida. (LynneSladky/AP) 
 
 Kevin Durant finished with 32 points, and Russell Westbrook 19 for the Thunder. At 27, James is in the prime of his career and after losing in two previous Finals appearances, he appears to be more comfortable in this setting. It is apparently good to be King.
– LeBron James was king of the court last night as the forward finally made good on his promise to bring an NBA championship to Miami. The Heat suffocated the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-106 in Game 5. LeBron was the star, chalking up a triple-double in 44 minutes, with 26 points, 13 assists, and 11 rebounds. The Heat led by 24 points after three quarters, and never looked back, notes the Wall Street Journal. "It’s about damn time," James said during the trophy presentation, calling it "the happiest day in my life" and "a dream come true." James averaged 28.6 points, 10.2 rebounds, and 7.4 assists in the series, and was named the most valuable player by a unanimous vote. Chris Bosh, who left the Toronto Raptors as a free agent two summers ago to join LeBron and Dwyane Wade, added 24 points to last night's game while Wade scored 20. Mike Miller, suffering from a serious back injury that could end his career, scored 23 points and nailed 7 of 8 three-pointers, reports the New York Daily News. James' disappointing history as the antihero of the ESPN special The Decision, when he made his painful announcement he was leaving Ohio for Miami, his flawed role in last year's finals, and his inability to deliver a championship to his Cleveland hometown was blown away in Game 5. Now, "the greatest NBA player" without a championship ring "will soon have one," notes the New York Times.