After defeating the Knight, the Supersonics announced Roy was put on the daily watchlist.
The news that Roy was unhindered relieved many of the Supersonic supporters.
They quietly left Cleveland.
A day later, the Los Angeles Lakers arrived here.
Currently, the Lakers were ranked first in the league, with Kobe leading the latest MVP prediction list.
Some people believed that James's influence exceeded Kobe's, but at this time, no one wanted to support a notorious person.
The gap in strength between the Lakers and the Knight was too vast. Under normal circumstances, television networks wouldn't nationally broadcast this game.
However, considering this was the "traitor's" first game back in Cleveland, just the potential incidents at the venue alone made it worth the major television networks' extensive promotion.
ABC, TNT, ESPN... The cable networks began to hype it up.