"Playing out a challenge forged earlier this month via some Twitter exchanges, LeBron James and Kevin Durant led opposing teams in a game of flag football on Wednesday night at the University of Akron.

The game, called LeBron's Flag Football Classic, streamed live on the internet, on Ustream.

James, the Miami Heat forward, former Cleveland Cavalier and Akron native, and Oklahoma City Thunder forward Durant are looking forward to resuming their NBA careers before packed houses in late December.

Wednesday night, they played in a closed event before about 100 people at the University of Akron's Stile athletics field, an indoor facility.

On the basketball court, James didn't have much luck with a team from Texas in the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals. On the football field, James' squad defeated Durant's Texas team, 73-63. Durant's team attempted a late drive for the tie, but James intercepted a pass to seal the game."