Hasta La Ideas

Love ’em or hate ’em, the Miami Heat prevailed over the San Antonio Spurs to take their second straight NBA Championship last night. The seven-game series is already being hailed as an instant classic as the remarkably even matchup made for a thoroughly entertaining clash between Gregg Popovich’s squad of longtime contenders and Eric Spoelstra’s dominant team, who had the best record in the regular season.

Over on our sister portfolio site Coroflot, London-based illustrator Alexis Marcou recently posted a series of wall graphics for New York City’s House of Hoops, a basketball-centric Nike outpost in Harlem—just in time for last night’s victory. In addition to Lebron James (pictured here, obviously), the series includes his Heat teammate Dwyane Wade, as well as perennial All-Stars Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Amar’e Stoudemire and more (though the Spurs stars Tim Duncan and Tony Parker are conspicuously absent)—check out the rest here.

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