Yeah, I mean really it would all get amp'ed up if it were a game 7 like those other two, but it still didn't have the feel of trading punches. Bird and Nique mostly happened in the 4th (20 for Bird, 17 for Nique), The Truth/LeBron one was all game, with a bunch of highlights, the fight for that loose ball that Pierce won, LeBron pickpocketing Pierce and throwing down a thunder dunk, etc. Pierce with the clinching FTs with the first one back rimming and going like 8 feet in the air (it was really about 2) then straight down the hoop on the way back down.
(PS, I'm only talking about the quality of the duel, not of Thomas performance vs Bird or Pierce, though the Pierce one is probably my leader of the bunch)