LeBron kept hitting the floor and repeatedly spread his hands at the referees in complaint, but he did not regain even a shred of dignity.
Instead, he hurt the team.
Not only had the gap failed to shrink, it was rapidly growing.
Six minutes into the first quarter, the Knicks had already taken a two-point lead over the Heat.
At first glance, it did not seem like much.
Chalmers had opened the game by scoring 11 straight points himself, helping the Heat build an eight-point lead.
Now, not only had that lead been erased, they were down by two.
That swing amounted to ten points.
How could that be acceptable?
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Seeing that things were going wrong and that LeBron was getting heated, Coach Spo decisively called a timeout.
He found LeBron and comforted him. "LeBron, don't let the fans' boos affect you.
Every night, someone breaks out, doesn't he?
Tony Allen's defense has been excellent tonight. Just like Chalmers on our team, his offense has been on fire.
That's normal.
Believe in yourself. Believe that your all-around-player abilities can bring this team victory.
But you need to stay calm. You can't keep trying to settle things with Tony Allen.
You should help the team little by little in the ways you're best at and reclaim the advantage."
"Mm."
LeBron nodded irritably.
It looked like he had agreed, but once play resumed, he still deliberately went after Tony Allen, determined to score on him.
Yet he simply could not do it.
The more he played, the worse his form became.
Coach Spo could no longer stand watching. During a dead ball, he directly substituted LeBron out.
That was right.
LeBron, one of the Heat's Big Three, known as the Kings.
In the first quarter of Game 1 of the