Kartje: LeBron James can only carry these Cavaliers so far

The scowl is now legend, his exasperation forever a meme.
For 47 minutes and 55.3 seconds, in the first game of his ninth consecutive NBA Finals, LeBron James had been in total control, an unstoppable force in greatest-of-all-time form, bending basketball’s biggest stage to his will. He hit his first six shots. He steamrolled through the lane with no regard for human life, outmuscling fleets of defenders in his way. He dug deep into his bag of tricks, drilling smooth pull-ups off screens a