Game two of the de facto Eastern Conference Finals is tonight, and you’ve probably heard enough of the same exact talking points over and over again, even though we’ve only completed one game.
With the Chicago Bulls “stealing” home court advantage away from the Cleveland Cavaliers, by pulling the upset Monday night, you can cue up the overreactions, the reading too much into the result of just one game.
We need to hear some more “Lebron James needs to play like a MVP every single game for the Cavs to win,” or “Cavs need Lebron to score 40 points every quarter to take the series” because we haven’t heard that song enough already:
NBA on TNT’s Chris Webber going a different rout, so winning some proverbial points there. However, he loses then right away by making a Captain Obvious remark:
Webber on the importance of the “others:” In the playoff series, it’s always the ‘others’ that step up. We know what LeBron [James] is going to do, we know what [Jimmy] Butler is going to do, but what are the ‘others’ going to do?”
Webber on Kyrie Irving being LeBron’s new wingman: “Kyrie is his new partner in crime, he is someone he can trust.”
Once again, Sir Charles nails it, how he always does.
Barkley on the impact of not having Kevin Love: “They can’t win without Kevin Love. He never got enough credit for what he did. He’s a terrific rebounder but the game comes down to space. They are not going to get bigger by Wednesday and they are going to miss J.R. Smith again. Even when they had Kevin we thought they were the best team in the NBA because of their upside.”
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