In the regular season opener against the defending champion Warriors, who would have thought that the 'Royal Wolves' led by LeBron would end their astonishing debut, which can only be described as suffocating, with a single-quarter score of 10 to 45?
First quarter over, entering intermission.
Wolves bench.
Constantly biting his thumb.
Brows permanently furrowed.
Helpless, bewildered.
Resigned, hesitant.
At this moment, no one knew whether LeBron, already wearing a mask of pain, was lamenting the score gap between the two teams on the court or mourning his seemingly unhealable groin injury.
But one thing was certain.
This quarter had completely dispelled LeBron's thoughts of resurrecting his 'Wolf King' career.
So, after gritting his teeth firmly, despite the still-healing groin injury, LeBron moved people profoundly by requesting Coach Rick Adelman, "Coach, I don't need rest, I can continue in the second quarter."
Continue, he must continue.
