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The Bucks and the Knights' first encounter of the season was in early December.

After his dominant performance in the 2005-06 season, especially the 70 points he scored against the Knights in the semifinals, no one compared James to him anymore.

Even the league and Nike slowed down their promotion of the rivalry between the two giants.

To insiders, this was an irritating matter; they had hoped the rivalry between Frye and LeBron would evolve into something akin to the increasingly intense Brady-Manning rivalry in the NFL in recent years.

However, the reason the Brady-Manning rivalry was hyped up was partly because while Brady led in championships and other decisive honors, Manning had a slight edge in passing yards and touchdowns as a quarterback, leading people to say that given a good team, Manning would outperform Brady.

But in the NBA, you can't say that.