LeBron James is averaging 22 points, 8.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists in the first two games. These are strong numbers but off his pace from the regular season and the first three rounds of the playoffs, when he successfully outplayed Andre Iguodala, Paul Pierce and Luol Deng.

Shawn Marion averaged just 12.5 points a game in the regular season and in the first two rounds of the playoffs put up less than 10 points per game.

So far in the Finals, Marion is averaging 18 points, 9 rebounds and 3.5 assists. James is shooting 55 percent, and he's drawn praise for having the best run of jump shooting in his career. But Marion has been even better, shooting 57 percent. Much of that has come with James, by most accounts the defensive MVP of the postseason, as his primary defender.