LeBron James Stares in Michael Jordan's Direction While Throwing Down Huge Dunk
April 26, 2014
LeBron James has been compared to Michael Jordan since he was in high school, and it looked like the Miami Heat superstar wanted to send a message to the Charlotte Bobcats owner.
The Heat started to pull away from the Bobcats in the third quarter of Saturday's Game 3. As Miami expanded its lead, James had a chance to show off for the NBA legend on a fast break. Instead of focusing on the rim or the defenders behind him, James' eyes appeared to be fixated on something in Jordan's vicinity right before he threw down a huge dunk:
Update: Sunday, April 27, 12:13 a.m. ET
James says he "absolutely" didn't stare down Jordan on the dunk, per the Charlotte Observer:
No, no. Don’t start that. Absolutely not, man. Absolutely not. I was able to read (Josh) McRoberts, get a steal and push the lead back up. I absolutely didn’t look at MJ, for sure.
---End of update---
It didn't look like Jordan was too happy at the time. It's tough to blame him, considering his team was staring at a 3-0 deficit against the two-time defending champions.
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