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LeBron James Thought Heat's Big 3 Run Might End with 2012 ECF Loss to Celtics

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The Miami Heat's run with the big three of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh may have come to an end two years before the group eventually broke up in the summer of 2014.

In an Instagram Live chat with fans (h/t ESPN's Brian Windhorst), James felt the Heat would have broken up the roster if they lost the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals to the Boston Celtics.

"My mentality was if we lose, [Heat president] Pat Riley may break us all up," he said.