We need to get one thing straight, NBA friends: LeBron James is still the best basketball player on the planet.
The King had 29 points, 11 rebounds, 14 assists and three steals in a Game 2 loss to the Golden State Warriors where he got zero help from anyone other than Kevin Love. It was one of the best games we've seen from LeBron in the Finals — a performance the Cleveland Cavaliers turned around and wasted.
For any other player, such a performance would be cause for pride, if not celebration, despite the loss. For LeBron, such a failure meant answering questions about what's wrong with his team and how they can possibly stop the Warriors from here.