San Antonio Indrajits

The year is 2013, LeRama and Lakshmana Bosh have been in the Miami Forest for 3 years. While in the forest, they were joined by a trustworthy teammate named Hanuman Wade and his legion of RBA players. Together, LeRama, Lakshmana Bosh, and Hanuman Wade continue on their journey to regain the Sita O'Brien Trophy.

The Big Three of Lakshmana Bosh, LeRama James, and Hanuman Wade

Their first test was against the Kishkindha City Thunder led by Kevali Durant. LeRama made quick work of Kevali Durant. Despite Kevali's overwhelming power, LeRama devised a plan to defeat him. By double-teaming him constantly, Kevali was tired out, allowing LeRama to easily defeat him. Some might say it was cowardly for LeRama to not confront Kevali directly but LeRama was willing to do whatever it took to guarantee a victory.

Their second test, and the most fearsome foe they have met so far, is the San Antonio Indrajits. The Indrajits were filled with players possessing the various celestial basketball techniques, such as the Euro Step and strong fundamentals in defense. Additionally, they were led by the three ultimate weapons: Timandastra Duncan, Manavastra Ginobili and Tony Pashupatastra. The Indrajits felt less like a RBA team and more like one sentient being. On their way to facing LeRama and his team, the Indrajits defeated all of the other RBA teams in their path without taking even a scratch.

LeRama knew this would be a tough battle but even he underestimated just how powerful the Indrajits were. In their first meeting, the Indrajits completely defeated LeRama and Lakshmana Bosh. Led by Timandastra Duncan's double-double and Tony Pashupatastra's 21 points, the Indrajits looked almost unstoppable. Luckily, Garuda Allen rescued them in Game 2, thus preventing the Indrajits from killing LeRama. When the Indrajits caught wind of this, they vowed to destroy either LeRama or Lakshmana Bosh the next game. In Game 3, the Indrajits used all of their force to defeat LeRama's RBA team. Using all of the basketball techniques they had on hand, the Indrajits completely dominated LeRama. Lakshmana Bosh took the brunt of the techniques, as he was no match for Timandastra Duncan in the low-post. Hanuman Wade saved his life in Game 4 though, as he was able to find the remedy to nullify Timandastra Duncan's powerful techniques. As they prepared for the final battle, the Indrajits swore to end this once and for all. It was a tough back-and-forth battle; neither side was willing to budge. The Indrajits started to gain the upper-hand and soon there was only one more chance for LeRama to defeat the Indrajits.

And so, "LeRama James catches, puts up a three - won't go. Rebound, Lakshmana Bosh. Back out to Garuda Allen - his three-pointer... BANG!"

In stunning fashion, it was Lakshmana Bosh, not LeRama, and their teammate Garuda Allen, with a miracle three-pointer, that defeated the Indrajits.

Now that all of his enemies are defeated, there is just one final enemy left in LeRama's path to regain the Sita O'Brien Trophy... the fearsome Golden Lanka Rakshasas.

Sources:

• "Vali's Death" by Romesh Dutt. Website: Ramayana Online: Public Domain Edition
• "Indrajit" by Sister Nivedita. Website: Ramayana Online: Public Domain Edition
• "Kumbhakarna" by Donald A. Mackenzie. Website: Ramayana Online: Public Domain Edition
• "Hanuman and the Mountain" by Sister Nivedita. Website: Ramayana Online: Public Domain Edition
• "Lakshmana and Indrajit" by Romesh Dutt. Website: Ramayana Online: Public Domain Edition

Author's Note:

Originally, I was going to talk about how LeBron lost to the Dallas Mavericks his first year on the Miami Heat but since that did not really fit with anything that happened in the Ramayana, I decided to scrap that idea. Instead, I decided to have this story focus on the people Rama fought in the Ramayana leading up to the confrontation with Ravana. I first briefly talked about the Rama's fight with Vali by comparing that to the Heat vs the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2012 finals. That finals was pretty much dominated by the Heat so I thought it would be a good comparison with Rama's fight with Vali. Additionally, LeBron got a lot of hate for not guarding Kevin Durant, considered one of the best basketball players at that time, which I thought would also be a good comparison for how Rama was called a coward for how he defeated Vali. The majority of this story was focused on the 2013 finals between the Heat and the San Antonio Spurs, hence the story title. It ended up being a 7 game series but I had to cut some of it out just to fit the narrative in the Indrajit fight. For the most part though, everything that happened in those first four games mirrored what happened in the Indrajit fight pretty well. I also had to add the iconic "Bang!" line at the end of this story since that was the most memorable part of the entire finals series.