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Posted January 11, 2014

Heat forward LeBron James sports his King James nickname jersey. (Nathaniel S. Butler/Getty Images)

Yes, they actually went through with it.

The Heat and Nets debuted their nickname jerseys during Brooklyns 104-95 double overtime victory at the Barclays Center on Friday.

Although Dwyane Wade, Mario Chalmers, Greg Oden, Deron Williams and Brook Lopez all missed out on the fun due to various injuries, all 20 players that saw court time donned nicknames, rather than their last names, on the back of their jerseys.

All the easily recognizable nicknames for both teams were present: LeBron James wore King James, Ray Allen wore J. Shuttlesworth (a reference to his famous Jesus Shuttlesworth character in the movie He Got Game), Chris Andersen wore Birdman, Kevin Garnett wore Big Ticket, Paul Pierce wore Truth, and Jason Terry wore Jet.

Nets forward/center Kevin Garnett wears his Big Ticket nickname jersey. (Nathaniel S. Butler/Getty Images)

Aftermonths of teasinganda few leaked images, both teams unveiled their full list of nickname jerseys this week (see below).

Check out the following gallery of nickname jersey images from before and during the game, including custom uniforms for ESPN broadcasters Mike Breen (Gray Mamba) and Jeff Van Gundy (Notorious JVG).

Heat forward LeBron James wears his "King James" nickname jersey. (Nathaniel S. Butler/Getty Images)

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Photos: Miami Heat, Brooklyn Nets debut 'nickname jerseys' at Barclays Center