The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!

But the rift between him and LeBron had formed, and it was impossible to return to the relationship they had before.

The rest of the Heat Team started to maintain their distance from LeBron as well.

After all, who would want to be sold out and still count LeBron's money for him?

Now they all knew, despite LeBron always calling everyone "good brother," which sounded so affectionate,

he was actually ruthless in his actions!

Furthermore...

If they didn't win the championship, this would likely be LeBron James's last season as the core player of the Heat Team.

No one is willing to keep sacrificing for such a manipulative person,

not even someone as good-natured as Chris Bosh.

One season was manageable.

But if LeBron failed to lead the team to a championship this season and continued to hoard the leader's spot, Chris would certainly start questioning why.

Of course, knowing Pat Riley's temper,

if they didn't win the championship by the second season with the "Three Giants",

he would definitely make some cuts.

Su Wan had only one wish now.

That was to face the Heat Team in the playoffs.

Since it was the last season for the Heat Team's "Three Giants," he hoped he could be the one to send the trio packing.

Chris Bosh's lack of reactions didn't surprise him, but when Shaquille O'Neal and Barkley saw Bosh remain silent for so long, they, eager for some amusement, chose to start making sarcastic remarks.

Barkley said, "Chris has yet to respond to this; don't tell me, he didn't take this seriously?"

Shaquille O'Neal: "This is the most cowardly Super Star I've ever seen. He clearly has the ability, yet after doing such disgusting things in LeBron's Team, he has no reaction at all. Just wait and watch, I believe he will definitely be made the scapegoat by LeBron's team again!"

Amid these sarcastic comments, Chris Bosh, already struggling, struggled even more during the upcoming game against the Indiana Pacers, shooting 1 for 9 and committing three turnovers.

The team lost to the Pacers by a score of 91 to 100, with a margin of 9 points.

Considering the grudge between the two teams from the last season, Conseco Arena erupted with loud boos directed at LeBron as well as various trash talks:

"LeBron, who's your daddy?"

"LeBron, this place will always be your nightmare!"

"Hurry up and have your team issue a statement, make Chris take the blame! That's what you always do!"

...

Halfway off the court, an infuriated LeBron turned his head and glared at a Pacers fan who was shouting trash talk from the front row.

The fan was not afraid at all: "What are you looking at, LeBron, you're nothing but a softie, come over here and fight me if you dare!"

LeBron glanced at the staff and his position.

Very close!

Then he eagerly wanted to go over and have a face-to-face argument with that fan, but the staff quickly stopped him.

Perfect, the plan succeeded!

LeBron left amid the booing, and when asked why he was so angry just then, he said, "No one can call me a softie to my face, no one, not even a fan. I know I'll probably get fined for this, but I still want to say, they must respect me!"

Feeling that he had fully expressed his stance, LeBron was pleased with himself.

He was already looking forward to seeing tomorrow's newspapers praising his manly spirit.

Ever since the summer, he had started to care a lot about this issue.

Just that he hadn't noticed it himself.

A reporter asked him, "Did Kawhi leave a deep impression on you today?"

LeBron first asked, "Who's Kawhi?" intentionally knowing the reporter was referring to Kawhi Leonard.

But how could the "Chosen One" remember the name of a rookie?

"The guy who was guarding you today, he's this year's rookie. Tonight, his defense against you was successful, allowing you only 6 baskets out of 17 attempts. What do you think of him?"

Originally, LeBron had a smile on his face upon hearing the earlier part, but as soon as he heard the latter part, his expression changed as if he had heard something absurd: "Oh~ damn, you can't do that, you'll mislead the fans. The Pacers didn't use him to guard me today, they used the entire team to guard me. And I think I didn't have any problems tonight, you probably didn't notice, my plus-minus tonight is +9!"

The reporter was stunned, not knowing what to say.

LeBron's expression darkened as he left.

Now he was even more upset.

Back on the team bus, he saw Chris Bosh talking to Wade with a faint smile on his face.

He just couldn't hold back any longer.

Here I am being ridiculed by the fans, questioned by reporters, and you're over here chatting and laughing?

"Hey, guys, we just lost an important game, we should be dwelling on the frustration of this loss, not acting like nothing happened and having the mood to joke around!"

He did not name names.

But unintended words from the speaker might have intentional interpretations from the listener,

Especially now, when the speaker is intentional, so is the listener.

Chris Bosh's face changed immediately, he turned to LeBron, clearly intending to argue.

Wade quickly intervened and told LeBron: "Raymond, you've misunderstood..."

At the same time, Wade gestured to LeBron, urging him not to continue.

Wade's face was one LeBron still had to give, so he stopped talking and went to sit at the back of the bus.