Metta World Peace mocks James Harden for late foul on LeBron James

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James Harden blew it during Game 3 of the 2012 NBA Finals and an old nemesis was right there to let him know about it.

With 16 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter and Harden's Oklahoma City Thunder trailing the Miami Heat 88-85, Harden was whistled for a foul that sent LeBron James to the free throw line to make it a two-possession game. The foul came after much of the shot clock wound down and left Oklahoma City trailing by four points after James converted the second of two free throws.

The Thunder's strategy was clearly to let the possession run out and play defense straight up. The alternate strategy would have been to foul early. The worst case scenario -- play defense straight up for most of the possession, then commit a foul after the time ran off -- is what wound up happening.

Harden was dinged as he pressured James' dribble near mid-court. James appeared to initiate the contact and Harden fell to the ground, but the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year was still hit with the foul call.

Shortly thereafter, Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Pace -- formerly known as Ron Artest -- provided this analysis on his Twitter account: "No brain All beard." The message was sent to his more than 400,000 followers.

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