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Charles Curtis

LeBron and Kevin Love had the perfect Twitter exchange after James dunked all over his pal

Oh, LeBron James.

Did you really have to do your pal and former Cleveland Cavaliers teammate Kevin Love like that?

On Monday night, the Los Angeles Lakers were on their way to beating James’ former team, when Austin Reaves found a sprinting James heading to the hoop in the second quarter. Love was all alone in the paint … and James slammed it home all over his friend, who put his arms out like he had been knocked out.

The dunk itself was ridiculous. But what followed was a show of some respect between the two friends … and some priceless tweets. Let’s break it all down:

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