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Michael Beasley says he dominated LeBron James in 1-on-1 games

Originally posted on Ball Exclusives | By Titan Frey | Last updated Jun 10, 2025 10:59 AM ET

LeBron James is often considered to be the greatest player of all time. One knock against King James is that he has “no bag” and isn’t a great one-on-one player.

There has been a story going around for many years that Michael Beasley used to beat LeBron in one-on-one games when they were teammates in Miami.

According to Beasley, who recently appeared on streamer Adin Ross’ live stream, he beat LeBron, and badly.

Ross: “Did you beat LeBron in a 1v1?”

Beasley: “Yeah. I mean, the story is told wrong.”

Ross: “What was the score?”

Beasley: “A lot to a little.”

Ross: “You blew him out?”

Beasley: “Yeah.”

Michael Beasley says he “blew out” LeBron James in their 1v1 basketball game

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Beasley has been dubbed as one of the best one-on-one players the game of basketball has ever seen. He recently backed that up by defeating Lance Stephenson in a one-on-one matchup for $100k.

We’ll never know the absolute truth as there is no video evidence of the matchup. Still, it’s obvious LeBron lost to Beasley and that the latter is proud of his achievement.

This article first appeared on Ball Exclusives and was syndicated with permission.

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