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At 7 p.m. on December 6, Quick Loan Center Arena in Cleveland was packed to the rafters.

Many of the fans were wearing No. 24 jerseys.

It seemed Su Yi had won over plenty of fans in less than a month.

That was no surprise. Su Yi was so good-looking that he had helped balance the male-to-female ratio among fans at Quick Loan Center Arena. Before, it had been 8:2!

Eight out of every ten fans were men.

Now the ratio was 6:4!

That meant there were two more women in every ten fans than before.

And those two women were Su Yi fans.

Meanwhile, Su Yi's jersey sales ranked second on the team, behind only LeBron James.

In fact, with the media buzz over the past few days, Su Yi's jersey sales had far surpassed LeBron James's.

Su Yi's fans had come full of anticipation, thinking they would see him start tonight.

But they never imagined he wouldn't play at all, and would even be sitting in a suit by the water cooler.

Click!

Quite a few female fans had their hearts broken. This, this, this...

But they were already here, so they could only cheer on the Cleveland Cavaliers.

"Peeep!"

The whistle blew, and the game officially began.

Right from the start, both teams' star players—the rookies from the 2003 draft class—began to find their rhythm.

LeBron James went 4-for-7 in the first quarter and 0-for-1 from the free-throw line, scoring 8 points with 2 rebounds and 2 turnovers.

Chris Bosh went 5-for-9 in the first quarter, scoring 10 points with 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Led by Chris Bosh, the Toronto Raptors took an 18–25 lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first quarter.

Mike Brown was speechless. It was obvious to him that the team's offense had run into serious problems.

The team's offense revolved around LeBron James. Only LeBron James got to play comfortably; the other four players on the court had to sacrifice themselves to make him look good.

Just look at those supposedly historic passes.

He drove in, kicked it out, and the ball was stolen twice in a row!

The Toronto Raptors immediately turned both steals into fast-break points.

Last season, he really hadn't thought the team was bad on offense.

But after Su Yi had treated him to several gourmet meals, he couldn't go back to plain home cooking. He even found himself looking down on it.

How could a selfish player lead a team to victory?

But there was nothing he could do. GM LeBron's influence spoke for itself!

What could Mike Brown do? Last time, he had finally managed to persuade the general manager to help him talk to LeBron James.

He'd thought LeBron James would compromise for the sake of a team victory. But what happened?

He didn't. The moment his stats started to dip, he refused to play along.

So Mike Brown would just have to see how far LeBron James could lead the team without Su Yi.

More accurately, after getting used to the gourmet meals "cooked" by Su Yi, how many games could the players stand going back to the plain home cooking "cooked" by LeBron James?

Honestly, the players had already been quite uncomfortable in the previous game. They were either catching passes in bad situations or playing positions they weren't used to.

This game was even worse. They barely touched the ball on offense, yet the team was already trailing, with the gap growing little by little.

They were truly fed up, and their enthusiasm was gradually wearing away.

The brief break ended, and both teams returned to the court.

LeBron James still asked to play, taking on the other team's five reserves with four of his own.

Against the reserves, LeBron James found it even easier to score.

By the end of the quarter, he was 4-for-5 from the field, 1-for-1 from three, and 3-for-5 from the free-throw line, with 12 points, 1 assist, and 3 turnovers.

At halftime, LeBron James was 8-for-12 from the field, 1-for-1 from three, and 3-for-6 from the free-throw line, with 20 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, and 5 turnovers.

Led by LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers trailed Chris Bosh and the Toronto Raptors by five, 44–49.

Maybe LeBron James had seen what the fans were saying. He rarely went back under the basket to grab defensive rebounds in this game.

As a result, the rebound totals for the Twin Towers, Big Z and Drew Gooden, shot up.

By halftime, Big Z had grabbed 8 rebounds, including 3 offensive boards, while Drew Gooden had 7 rebounds, including 2 offensive boards.

Back in the locker room, the Cleveland Cavaliers sat in complete silence. No one spoke; everyone went about their own business.

Su Yi was no different. He sat quietly in the corner, texting Xu Rui.

Xu Rui: Yi, I have a feeling your team is going to lose again tonight!

Su Yi: Probably! Is the media ready?

Xu Rui: Of course!

Su Yi: Thanks for all your hard work, A Rui!

Su Yi had no intention of letting LeBron James off the hook. He would keep using public opinion to "attack" him.

LeBron James had gotten where he was on the strength of public opinion in the first place.

He did have talent, but he wasn't nearly as good as people said.

So Su Yi would send him back to where he belonged.

Someone in his previous life had once said that LeBron James was just a bigger version of Dream Chaser Green.

In Su Yi's eyes, he was a bigger version of Dream Chaser Green: LeBron, get back where you belong.

The brief halftime break ended, and both teams returned to the court.

In the second half, LeBron James seemed to step up his offense, repeatedly attacking the Toronto Raptors' interior.

But the more he attacked, the more his signature Eight Dragon Steps showed through, and the referees called him for traveling several times.

Because of the public outcry, the league had decided not to give LeBron James any special treatment for a while. So they called the traveling violations they would normally have let go.

As a result, the Toronto Raptors took advantage of LeBron James's turnovers to launch one fast break after another.

The gap widened little by little. By the end of the third quarter, the lead had reached 12 points.

72–60

The Toronto Raptors entered the final quarter with a 12-point lead.

The fans at Quick Loan Center Arena were furious, especially Su Yi's fans.

If you were so capable and refused to give up the ball, then lead the team to victory!

You were just hogging the spotlight without doing any work, like a stone in a latrine—stinking, stubborn, and in the way!

"We want Su!"

Someone started the chant, and soon the rest of the fans joined in:

"We want Su!" "We want Su!" "We want Su!"...

The chant thundered through Quick Loan Center Arena.

Su Yi could barely keep the corners of his mouth from rising. He even glanced at LeBron James nearby.

His face was as black as charcoal.

But in the end, Su Yi still didn't take the court. Just as he and Coach Mike Brown had agreed before the game, they would let LeBron James lead the team for a game and see how it went.

Su Yi had no problem with that.

If he didn't reveal himself, how could Su Yi catch him slipping?

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In the fourth quarter, LeBron James stayed in the game. His dedication was admirable—he'd already played all 36 minutes and was still going.

In the end, LeBron James successfully led the Toronto Raptors to victory.

LeBron James finished the game with 36 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal, and 11 turnovers.

The Cleveland Cavaliers lost to the Toronto Raptors, 91–104, by 13 points.

That made two losses in a row and their fourth defeat of the season.

Their record now stood at 13 wins and 4 losses!

They had fallen to second place in the Eastern Conference.