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The countersuit noted the lawsuit jeopardized relationships with sponsors including some “unconsummated deals.”

Since sidestepping questions about the extension during his April exit interview, James watched Stephen Curry, a chief rival, win a fourth title, then endured a month of unconsummated rumors involving an Irving-for-Westbrook swap.

There will be photos, too, offering a snapshot of a scarcely perceptible flaw in a player’s positioning or an expanse of the field left exposed or a darting run left unconsummated.

“Lush,” though searching and potent, was often about unrequited crushes and unconsummated yearning.

But it’s an ecstatic death, that of Isolde, unconsummated yet transfigured.