“There’s nothing similar.”

James just dropped that sentence, then hastily ended the interview.

Back in the locker room, he picked up Wade's phone and searched for the latest episode of TNT.

He had turned off social media, but watching videos didn't require it, and using Wade's phone wouldn't use his own data.

Before he even saw Barkley and O'Neal's bet, James's entire face had turned extremely ugly.

That guy Barkley was still talking about 2007!

After James finished watching, he noticed that Wade had unknowingly stood behind him.

"This is a good thing." Looking at James's ugly expression, Wade said with a smile.

"Barkley always loses his bets, we'll win tonight's game." Wade continued.

Hearing what Wade said, James's mood improved slightly.

Barkley was indeed destined to lose every bet, and he would definitely go all out tonight.

Not only because the team had to win tonight's game, but also to shut up all those guys bringing up the past from 2007!

The next night, the Spurs and Heat faced off in Game 3 of the Finals at the AmericanAirlines Arena, the Heat's home court.

The arena was packed, and like the beaches of Miami, you could feel the fiery passion emanating from the audience.

O'Neal was right, the home atmosphere here was among the best in the league.

Especially after James and Bosh joined, the market was second only to the Knicks and Lakers, those two behemoths.

After the opening ceremony, the starting lineups from both sides took the court one after another.

For the Spurs, Popovich still arranged for Leonard, who performed well in the previous game, to start.

However, for the Heat, Spoelstra switched back to the starting lineup from Game 1, with Bosh as the starting center.

For the first time, the two coaches had some discrepancies in their lineups.

Bosh was a bit excited to be back home, winning the jump ball against Duncan and giving the Heat the opportunity to attack first.

James went directly to the high post and reached out to Chalmers for the ball.

Chalmers passed the ball in, and James immediately posted up against Diaw.

Diaw was a flexible fat man now, but his weight was actually lighter than James's, making it difficult to hold his ground.

After James exerted force in the initial contact, he suddenly turned and shook off Diaw, attacking the basket for a one-handed dunk.

The crowd erupted in cheers.

This game was an exclusive broadcast on ESPN, and Breen and Miller couldn't help but exclaim at the scene at the beginning of the game.

"I think Charles and Shaq's bet stimulated LeBron." Miller said.

"I heard that a reporter mentioned the 2007 incident during a pre-game interview, maybe that's the reason." Breen had more information.

But whatever the reason, James looked a bit different tonight than in the past few games!

In the Spurs' offense, Duncan continued to post up against Bosh. Bosh went all out this time, and Duncan's shot failed to go in.

After being dominated by Duncan for two consecutive games, the "Dragon King" finally showed signs of recovery.

James continued to post up in the frontcourt, and Diaw chose to front him.

James couldn't receive the ball in the high post and went directly to the three-point line.

After getting the ball, he switched directly from posting up to a ball-handling offense.

A crossover in place, followed by a sudden acceleration.

Diaw anticipated it, but was directly knocked away by James after the contact.

Once James started, he was like a tank with the accelerator floored, and no one could stop him.

"Bang!"

James rushed into the paint and delivered another two-handed dunk.

James scored 4 consecutive points with two dunks at the start of the game!

"Don't let him accelerate!"

Popovich shouted somewhat dissatisfied from the sidelines.

Diaw made it too easy for James to pick up speed; guarding James's first step was crucial.

Duncan's facilitation from the free-throw line created a layup opportunity for Parker.

"Bang!"

James helped on defense with a chase-down block!

His presence on both ends of the court was explosive tonight!

The Heat immediately launched a fast break, with Wade pushing the ball forward.

The Spurs retreated quickly on this play.

Wade didn't have a chance, but the next second after stopping the ball, he found James and passed him a bounce pass directly.

James caught the ball and accelerated, going up for a layup against Duncan and scoring again.

6-0!

Posting up, handling the ball, off-ball movement...

James went all out, relying on his own strength to help the Heat sweep away the gloom of the previous two games and take the lead at the start!

The whistles and cheers from the crowd rose and fell.

This was the beloved James, the league's number one player in Riley's eyes!

Riley was also at the scene at this time, and was unprecedentedly gratified to see James's performance.

The real number one player was one who could explode in adversity to live up to that title.

Popovich stood up and called Green over, directly sending him onto the court to replace Diaw.

Diaw was too disadvantaged in terms of speed and couldn't keep up with James's first step.

Duncan drew a foul on Bosh in the frontcourt, finally having the opportunity to score points for the Spurs.

Spoelstra was relatively calm on the sidelines at this time; if James was hot, he could give those points to the Spurs.

Duncan made the first free throw.

Green came on to replace Diaw.

Leonard shifted to the power forward position, which was the main purpose of Popovich's substitution.

Although Leonard's weight and strength were not as good as Diaw's, he was better at limiting James's first step and preventing him from receiving the ball.

The previous game was a good example.

Duncan's second free throw also went in.

The Spurs trailed 2-6.

The Heat advanced the ball to the frontcourt.

James saw that his defender had become Leonard.

He didn't give up on attacking like in the previous game, but directly asked for the ball and then chose to attack Leonard with the ball.

Having experienced the previous game, he clearly paid attention to Leonard's arm position when he started, and then initiated contact after starting.

Leonard saw an opportunity to steal, but his body was forcibly knocked away by James.

James had heated up in the previous few plays, and Leonard was no longer effective!

James charged into the paint again, and Duncan rotated over to help defend.

Although Leonard didn't stop him, he still put pressure on James, and James's speed wasn't fully up to par on this play.

After Duncan came to help defend, he forced James to stop the ball.

However, James immediately took three small steps in place, forcing a tough shot over Duncan and scoring.

The cheers from the crowd rose again.

James accounted for the Heat's first 8 points!

"Charles is really toxic, he loses every bet!"

Miller couldn't help but complain at this time.

Breen laughed heartily beside him.

Speaking of which, he had known Barkley for so many years, and Barkley really hadn't won many times.

James was unstoppable throughout the first half, scoring 25 points in the half and helping the Heat build a 13-point lead of 60-47.

James had completely gone berserk tonight.