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Former Blue Devil Kyrie Irving and his Cleveland teammates humiliated Boston Friday night, winning 130-86. The Cavs have now won 13 straight playaoff games.
It’s hard to understate the dominance here. The Cavs were up 41 at the half - 72-31 and were up by 50 in the second.
Not to put to fine a point on it, but this is the NBA. Beating a bad team by 51 is impressive but beating a good one like that?
Oh man.
Even more impressively, Cleveland is doing this on the road.
The next two games are at home, so while we could see Boston putting on a huge effort after this game, no one at this point thinks Boston can come back from two straight epic beatdowns.
As for Irving, he hasn’t shot well lately but he put a stop to that Friday night: Cleveland’s point hit 8-11 and 4-5 from the line.
No one could touch him.
Cleveland and Golden State appear to be headed for a rematch in the Finals which means more highlights from Irving and Warrior’s star guard Stephen Curry.
- Cavs send Celtics to record loss to take 2-0 series lead
- The Celtics were losing at halftime by more points than any team in NBA playoff history
- Cavs set record for largest margin of victory in Eastern finals with 130-86 win over Celtics
- Irving rebounds from poor shooting
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