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OAKLAND — Just for a second on Thursday night, as LeBron James trod the carpet linking Oracle Arena’s tunnel and the visitors’ locker room and tried to put Game 1 in his rearview mirror, his head tilted downwards.
In that instant, almost as soon as it happened, he snapped it back upward again, staring straight ahead as he headed behind closed doors to reflect on the Cleveland Cavaliers opening game surrender in the NBA Finals.
James knew he was beaten on this night, the Cavaliers having been battered by Kevin Durant’s aerial dynamics and an early second-half run that allowed the Golden State Warriors to ease to a 113-91 triumph.