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Heat forward LeBron James goes in for a layup Friday at the Sprint Center. The Miami Heat played the Oklahoma City Thunder in a preseason game in Kansas City, Mo. James scored 22 points in the 103-96 victory.
Crowd welcomes former KU players
NBA
Familiar faces clash at Sprint Center Friday
BY MIKE LAVIERI
mlavieri@kansan.com
mlavieri@kansan.com
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City has not had a basketball team since the Kings moved to Sacramento in 1985, but on Friday night, the Sprint Center hosted some of the biggest names in the NBA, including two local fan favorites.
The Miami Heat hosted the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Sprint Center's only NBA game of the year.
The fans were buzzing before the opening tipoff when the starting lineups were announced.
Thunder forward Kevin Durant received a nice ovation, but it was center Cole Aldrich who had the crowd on its feet.
The Heat, however, received the loudest cheers.
Forward LeBron James, the NBA's reigning MVP was the loudest until guard Mario Chalmers' name was announced.
Before the game, Chalmers told reporters that he was going to get a louder ovation than James.
The game was played in front of
a sold-out crowd of 18,222.
Forward Chris Bosh, who Miami signed in addition to James this offseason, said the fans' passion was pretty good.
"I'm sure Kansas City would love to have an NBA team," Bosh said. "This is a very nice arena to not have many games played here throughout the year."
James enjoyed playing in front of the crowd as well.
"It's always fun coming into cities where there isn't an NBA team, and they get an opportunity to see us live," James said.
Miami defeated Oklahoma City 103-96.
Chalmers, who has started 104 of his 155 games with the Heat, recorded 17 foul-plagued minutes and finished with five points, five assists and one rebound.
His role will see some changes, though, with the addition of Bosh and James to the Heat roster. Chalmers has averaged 7.1 points
"That's pretty much my job," Aldrich said, "just to do the small things. just to rebound, set picks, block some shots and just kind of play all around defense."
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"We don't expect a lot of scoring from Rio," James said. "We don't expect anything from him but to make sure that we can control the tempo and make open shots when they come toward him and just lead the game."
per game over his career, but with the Heat's new Big Three — Bosh, James and Dwyane Wade — that number will likely take a significant hit. On the other hand, he'll potentially have far more assists than his current 3.4 per game average.
MLB
Conrad's errors cost Braves the game
ATLANTA — Brooks Conrad bobbled a grounder. Then he dropped a popup. Finally, a hard shot skidded under his glove in the ninth inning for his third error of the game, allowing the San
blocks, said he won't overload a stat sheet, but that his presence will be felt defensively.
The Braves were within one out of taking control of the NL division series, but an infielder who wouldn't have been playing simply couldn't catch the ball.
Associated Press
Francisco Giants to rally for a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.
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