Kyrie Irving, Cleveland Cavaliers Bounce Back For A Win In Game 4

Kyrie Irving finally had his breakout night in the playoffs.

So far this postseason, LeBron James had carried the Cleveland Cavaliers to ten playoff victories. Cleveland won in Game 4 against the Boston Celtics, this time led by the 25-year-old Kyrie Irving.

Kyrie rolled his ankle on a Boston players foot while attempting a layup in the third quarter, and he went down to the floor rolling in pain. He got up, walked the pain off, and drove down the lane for a layup. Irving went on to score 21 points in the third quarter, with 19 coming in a five-minute span. Irving finished with a postseason career high 42 points for the game.

The Cavs bounced back

LeBron James had 34 points and 6 assists, as he bounced back from possibly the worst game of the season for him in Game 3. LeBron picked up four fouls in the first half, and sat for the last 6:46 of the second quarter. It was the first time in LeBron’s 14 year career that he picked up four fouls before halftime.

The final piece of the big 3, Kevin Love, dominated the boards. He finished with a playoff career high 17 rebounds to go along with 17 points and 5 assists.

Cleveland played much better defense in Game 4, as Boston failed to score 100 points and every Celtics player was held under 20 points. Boston shot only 10-31 from three-point range and Marcus Smart fell back down to earth, as he scored only 8 points on 1-9 shooting after having a playoff career high of 27 points in Game 3.

The Cavaliers were running on all cylinders Tuesday night as their offense and defense looked like the championship level basketball that we saw in games 1 and 2. They’re going to need a similar performance in what will be a difficult closeout Game 5 in Boston.

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