James' return to lineup was not a no-doubter
LOS ANGELES - LeBron James stood in a familiar place wearing a wholly unfamiliar expression.
After five weeks of grappling with his career's mortality, James felt the kind of pain that enlivened him. He was physically spent after playing 40 minutes of NBA basketball in his first game back since recovering from a strained groin. He had emerged on the other side of a five-week ordeal during which he doubted himself more often than he didn't.
"I wasn't positive every day throughout this whole process," James said, standing at the center
