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The world's most ready-made reality-television star walked into the room and sat heavily in front of it all – the podium, the reporters, the drama, what must have felt like the whole damned world.

Love him or hate him – and wow, how folks do both – LeBron James was a sight to pity: He had just recorded the first triple-double in his team's playoff history, he somehow still had managed to once again utterly shut down in the fourth quarter, and now he his band of brothers were facing a 3-2 NBA Finals deficit and the very real chance of squandering a chance at the redemption and vengeance they crave.

He looked sad, truly, after the Dallas Mavericks' titillating 112-103 win over his Miami Heat team a short time earlier Thursday. He looked tired. He looked utterly and completely dazed.

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