and the cameraman who panned right to kyrie? you da real mvp pic.twitter.com/Y0DlTKSOlA
— Bomani Jones (@bomani_jones) May 9, 2015
Whew. It’s getting hot in Chicago
Last night was a tough one for LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, but let’s keep some perspective on this thing. It’s going to be a long series. They’re only down 2-1, J.R. Smith has returned to the lineup, and they have home-court advantage. The odds are still stacked against the Bulls, which is what made last night’s redemption song such an amazing one.
Still, the Cavs have some glaring problems, aside from the fact that Kevin Love is lost for the rest of the playoffs. Their starting point guard, Kyrie Irving, has taken heat in the past for ineffectively running the offense, and last night was an example of that. Irving started Game 3, played 38 minutes, but had 0 assists. It didn’t help that he had a horrible shooting night (3-13, 11 points) either.
Mark Schwartz of ESPN highlighted this fact during the Cavs’ post-game interview, and reminded LeBron that during a regular season game against the Utah Jazz, Irving had 0 assists, and LeBron made it clear that it wasn’t okay. He went on to ask if, given the circumstances, maybe Irving would get a pass this time around, and LeBron began to mumble some sort of vaguely politically correct response, but by then nobody was listening to LeBron. An expert camera pan caught Kyrie Irving’s reaction to the question, and it was priceless.