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Bosh's Girlfriend Had Help Antagonizing LBJ

Jan 8, 2008 – 9:00 PM
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Matt Watson

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The idea that LeBron James got fired up for Sunday's game because Chris Bosh's girlfriend and cousin were heckling him from courtside is pretty damn funny, so it's not surprising that the thing got legs and started being repeated everywhere. But as it happens, those two fans was hardly the only giving LBJ lip. From Michael Grange of the Globe and Mail:
Besides, Bosh's girlfriend wasn't alone in taunting the player known as King James. According to CBC sideline reporter Elliotte Friedman, Raptors guards T.J. Ford and Darrick Martin, both inactive for the game, were heckling James.

"He was glaring down Martin and Ford, but once he got hot, they started telling everyone to leave him alone, but it was too late," Friedman said. "He was already mad and [the talk] had really fuelled him, obviously."
For what it's worth, Bosh put the hammer down on his girlfriend ...
"She's free to do what she wants," Bosh said of his No. 1 fan. "But I said, 'Don't talk to LeBron any more.'
... but here's to hoping Ford and Martin got the message, as well.
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