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Cleveland Cavaliers: 3 Takeaways from Their Back-to-Back Against Milwaukee

By Nathan Beighle

Dec 21, 2016; Cleveland, OH, USA;Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving (2) drives to the basket against Milwaukee Bucks guard Tony Snell (21) during the first quarter at Quicken Loans Arena. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 21, 2016; Cleveland, OH, USA;Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving (2) drives to the basket against Milwaukee Bucks guard Tony Snell (21) during the first quarter at Quicken Loans Arena. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 20, 2016; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving (2) drives for the basket against Milwaukee Bucks guard Matthew Dellavedova (8) in the first quarter at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 20, 2016; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving (2) drives for the basket against Milwaukee Bucks guard Matthew Dellavedova (8) in the first quarter at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports /

Kyrie Irving Has Been Red Hot

In his first game, Kyrie Irving scored 28 points on just 8-23 shooting. While not great, LeBron James and Irving were the only Cavs to score over 15 points. In his second game, Irving scored 31 points on a incredible 11-17 shooting and a career-high 13 assists.

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In the second game especially, Irving’s driving and kicking ability was on full blast as he did tally that career-high mostly off of drive and kicks.

Irving has been the point guard that James has always craved. He drives, kicks, slashes, shoots, and much more. This season he has been Irving’s best season yet. He has scored 24.0 points per game. With over a third of his shots coming after 7+ dribbles, Irving has become the Cavaliers go to player late in the shot clock, and he has delivered shooting 48.4% on those shots.

While these game did not spark Irving nor did it outline his season, these games just reminded Cavaliers fans that he is an elite point guard and should be ranked among the leagues best.

Irving has the full arsenal to become one of the best point guards in the modern NBA era. This season especially has been one of his best, and Cleveland fans should be ready for Uncle Drew to put on a show for a long time.