Cleveland Cavalier fans came down hard and heavy with their boos as former Cavalier LeBron James played his first game in Cleveland as a member of the Miami Heat, but that didn't dissuade James from going right to his pregame ritual of clapping a giant cloud of chalk dust in the air, right in the face of 20,000 rabid fans.
Still, as James' long-awaited return became a reality, this contentious initial back and forth turned into the most combative conflict of the night.
James not only spurned his former Cavalier team last summer as a free agent, but in doing so on live TV,he swiftly and tactlessly broke the hearts of thousands of Cavalier backers. And northern Ohio, rightfully,has been rather ticked off in the months since. But save for one profane chant just before the players were introduced Thursday night (a seven-letter expletive), things were somewhat civil.
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