Tucker proved his worth in the playoffs, particularly in Game 4 against Cleveland when he forced LeBron James to make six turnovers. As Lowry said, in the Eastern Conference, running into the buzzsaw that is LeBron James and the Cavs is as automatic as death and taxes. Time, everything, but we didn't. The most dirty, rugged, nasty-looking stuff you've ever seen in your life.
LeBron James scored 35 points, grabbed nine rebounds and had six assists to lead the Cavaliers, who won the National Basketball Association championship last season and will play either the Boston Celtics or Washington Wizards in the Eastern Conference finals. There have been questions about the future of Dwane Casey, but both Lowry and DeRozan had kind words for the six-year Raptors coach. "And that's all I've thought about right now".
"Honestly, I haven't thought about the criteria. That's what a guy at his level does". Yes, there's been some success, but at the end of the day we are trying to win a championship here. Although Ibaka has played for three teams in the last year - being traded from OKC to Orlando last June and from the Magic to Raptors in February - the 6-foot-10 power forward is expected to command around $20 million a year. "That extra hop step, everything out there on the court".
How many games you win in the season - that's become nearly irrelevant in the championship search. So that's why when it comes to things like this, I don't put the pressure on him, or I don't say: do this, do that.
That mileage isn't insignificant. James led all scorers with 10 points and Ibaka led Toronto with seven points. Nevertheless, it seems he's speeding up, not slowing down. It started in the second half of the regular season and carried over to the playoffs. Kerr, 51, first hurt his back during the 2015 NBA Finals, and subsequent surgeries and associated pain kept him sidelined for the first 43 games of last season. The way he's been playing is phenomenal.
It's hard to gauge, he added, how successful the team might have been had Lowry had more time to gel with the newcomers.
He scored just 30 points in those games combined even though the Cleveland Cavaliers still obliterated their opponents.
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"We gained something that goes way beyond basketball". Even though we won this series, there's some things we can clean up. It happened. We got swept.
The Cavs will face the Boston Celtics or Washington Wizards for a spot in the NBA Finals. No one has played a bigger role in that run than James.
"Mentally I had never been a part of it so I didn't know exactly how much commitment and how much sacrifice that you got to make not only for yourself but for your team". This year, he started just five of nine games and averaged 11.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and 0.3 blocks in 22.2 minutes per game. "I'm glad he's on our team this year". "He does everything. He creates, he helps on defense, he does everything".
Kyrie Ball: Kyrie Irving took over when the Cavs went behind by one point in the fourth quarter, scoring 11-straight points to give the Cavs a lead they wouldn't relinquish.
"You're going to have to have very flexible defenders", Casey said, "and you're going to have score 117, 118 points a night".
In a closeout game, Lue said, "he tries to go as far as we need him in that fourth quarter". "I mean, that's it right there: They've got LeBron James and nobody's closing the gap on him".
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