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LeBron James soars for a dunk over Dwight Howard

The big center didn’t want a piece of the four-time MVP’s rack attack.

by Ethan Rothstein
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LeBron James is in the middle of one of the more frustrating stretches of his career, but he seems locked in against the Houston Rockets. Exhibit A: soaring for a dunk and scaring Dwight Howard out of challenging him at the rim.

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