All these questions left the Heat players full of doubts.
After all, although fewer people in the United States believed in God than ten or twenty years ago, six in ten Americans still did.
And if they believed in God, then naturally they believed in the existence of demons, too.
So when it came to the haunting at the Kings Hotel, they couldn't be 100 percent sure that ghosts didn't really exist.
Hauntings at hotels like this had happened before. The Hilton Hotel near the Thunder's home court had reportedly seen several such incidents.
Many players who stayed there experienced strange things at night.
Some heard doors suddenly slam shut; others felt someone touch them. In the end, every team was affected to some degree.
The hotel was said to be haunted because of its long history. Its original owner had an affair with a waitress, and she eventually became pregnant. Afraid that the affair would be exposed, the owner locked her in a room.
After giving birth, the waitress jumped from the tenth floor.
Ever since then, strange noises could always be heard in the hotel.
James had reportedly said that he refused to stay there, and afterward his team beat the Thunder 4–1.
In 2010, the Knicks also lost to the Thunder there. After the game, the team's center, Eddie, said he hadn't slept at all that night. He claimed he'd seen a ghost walking around, and his performance had suffered as a result.
Rose had also said that he'd encountered strange things at the hotel in Oklahoma City.
He'd heard all kinds of bizarre noises.
And while Gibson was showering, the bathroom door had suddenly closed by itself.
Bass, a forward for the Boston Celtics, had also said he'd needed to keep the lights on all night