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Much like LeBron James' "decision" in the summer of 2010, this spot was a toss-up between Miami and Cleveland.

Both teams were at the bottom of the attendance report in the early part of the new millennium before the numbers began to rise during the 2003-04 season. That was the year James came to Cleveland and the Miami Heat drafted a guard out of Marquette named Dwyane Wade.

Both teams have their share of fair-weather fans. Miami's best attendance years came during their title run in 2005-06 with Shaq and Wade in town as well as the last two seasons with LeBron bringing his talents to South Beach.

Cleveland, meanwhile, went from dead last in attendance in 2002-03 to ninth the following year, which was LeBron's rookie season. It would be the lowest they would rank in attendance the next eight seasons, as the Cleveland faithful came in droves to be witnesses to the greatness of their hometown hero.

What gave Cleveland the edge over Miami, however, was last season's attendance numbers. With their former franchise savior gone for good, Cleveland still managed to post the third best home attendance in the league, two spots ahead of a Miami team that included James, Wade and fellow All-Star Chris Bosh.

Another factor was loyalty. You can tell a fanbase connects with its franchise player when they are so distraught over his departure that they are burning his jersey in effigy less than 24 hours after announcing his decision to leave. Some may use the extreme measures of torching jerseys and rioting as a negative, but it's at least a sign that they care.

As much as Heat fans loved Alonzo Mourning, nobody was pillaging the streets of Dade County when he fled to the Nets in the summer of 2003. Even now with the team in its second consecutive Finals appearance, there are some empty seats available at Heat home games. You think that happens at Madison Square Garden if the Knicks were in the Finals?

Cavalier fans were a bit less adamant on attending home games this season after getting a taste of what life without LeBron was going to be like last year. They dropped down to 19th in attendance this year as the team struggled once again.

With reigning Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving in the fold and the team holding the fourth overall pick in next week's draft, perhaps those attendance numbers go back up.