CLEVELAND - This was not accidental death-by-dunk.

No, LeBron James confirmed Wednesday that his power slam at the expense of Celtics guard Jason Terry in the second quarter of Monday night's Heat victory at TD Garden was very much with malice intended.

Asked after the morning shootaround at Quicken Loans Arena if he had the opportunity to review the dunk, James nodded and said, "Yeah, I have, I have."

He wasn't finished.

No, not after Terry has taken opportunities while with both the Mavericks and now the Celtics to launch verbal salvos at James' Heat, including when Dallas defeated the Heat in the 2011 NBA Finals.

"It was one of my better ones," James said. "And the fact that it happened to J.T. made it even that much sweeter. Because I think we all know what J.T. talks, and he talks too much sometimes and I'm glad it happened to him."

Asked for comment at Wednesday's Celtics practice, Terry told reporters: "I'm not even commenting. No comment. Zero. I have none. A basketball play."

James received a technical foul for his stare-down of Terry after the dunk.

Shortly afterward, Terry's Wikipedia page was altered to list that he "died" on "March 18, 2013, 9:01 p.m." with the entry adding, "On March 18, 2013, Terry was killed by NBA forward LeBron James at the (TD Bank Garden). The cause of death is being viciously dunked on."

Going into Monday's game at TD Garden, Terry wrote in the diary he is keeping for ESPN: "The question I have been asked the most lately is what do I think of the Heat's winning streak. My answer is I don't and I could care less. The reason is because whether they won or lost 20 in a row, it doesn't matter to us in this locker room."

Terry's Mavericks lost the 2006 NBA Finals to the Heat, but then defeated the Heat in the 2011 NBA Finals, the first season for the Heat's Big Three of James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. During both of those series, Terry was vocal in his disdain for the Heat.

Then, this past offseason, the Heat bypassed an opportunity to sign Terry as a free agent, instead opting to sign Ray Allen, whose spot in the Celtics' rotation is now filled by Terry.

More from Terry's diary entry leading into Monday's game in Boston, "I'm like Paul (Pierce). He had the best quote I ever heard, 'I hope they lose every game.' If you ask me, I'm still mad about the '05-06 season. I should have two championships."

No home talk

This time, James evaded the question, or at least the answer some in Cleveland were looking for.

A year after saying he could envision one day perhaps again playing for the Cavaliers, Wednesday's appearance came with a muted response to a similar question.

"Right now, I'm focused on right now," he said. "And I don't even really get involved on the road ahead of me. I kind of live in the moment. As a team, right now, we're focused on trying to defend our championship and that's the No. 1 thing."

James left the Cavaliers as a free agent in July 2010. He can opt out of his current contract as soon as July 2014 to again become a free agent.

To some, the Cavaliers' talented young core of Kyrie Irving, Dion Waiters and Tristan Thompson could be the lure to regain the Akron native.

But asked Wednesday about where the Cavaliers are headed, James said: "I haven't really paid much attention to that. I kind of got my own thing going on, and that's us as a franchise and us as an organization, of trying to figure out ways to defend our title."

Pressed about the Cavaliers, he said: "I don't think anyone has to sit here and talk about how good Kyrie is. He's an unbelievable centerpiece to build your team around. And we'll see what happens."

Asked if he believed Cleveland has moved on from his departure, he said: "I don't know. I haven't spent much time in Cleveland. I mean I'm back home (in Akron) in the summer time, but back home has always kind of been different. I have no idea. I've moved on and they've got some really good pieces here, too, and they're trying to move on, as well."