“He’s much more than an All-Star”, James said. “He’s much more than just an all-star”.
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“He’s much better than an All-Star”, forward LeBron James said.
James, who hinted after the Raptors game that an MVP trophy could be in Irving’s future, continued Wednesday to change the conversation around the fifth-year guard.
Cleveland coach David Blatt still has some doubt in his mind that Kyrie Irving is back for good six months after breaking his left kneecap. “Tonight it just looked like the old Kyrie”.
With the score tied in the fourth quarter, Irving reeled off 10 consecutive points while the Cavaliers’ defense got some timely stops.
James had 20 points and seven assists while sitting out the fourth quarter and J.R. Smith made a season-high eight 3-pointers, accounting for all of his 24 points, on a night when all five Cavs starters scored in double figures. “When I’m able to play like that and get other guys shots and be aggressive and guys are hitting shots, gosh, the game is so fun”. Unfortunately for the Wizards, the magic seemed to end as Irving would go on his 10-0 run and the Cavaliers wouldn’t look back. “I thought we scored enough to win the game….”
James hit 3-pointers on four of five possessions, and the lead got to 18 at one point.
With fifteen wins to their name so far this season the Wizards are a fair way further down the Eastern Conference table in twelfth. With an NBA Finals berth seeming like a foregone conclusion this season, Irving’s journey to becoming a superstar really might be the only thing fans have to be invested in during the regular season this year, and possibly for the next couple years.
Perhaps a matchup with a fellow All-Star point guard helped fuel Kyrie Irving in what was easily his best game since making his season debut. “That wasn’t an easy game”.
Kyrie Irving trimmed his mustache and goatee, then made sure the Cavaliers didn’t have a close shave.
“It’s just about getting better every single game”.
First off, I think it’s important to note that from the tone, it seems pretty clear that this was a amusing, awkward gym-locker-room moment and not a creepy, after-school-special moment. Cavaliers F Tristan Thompson has recorded back-to-back double-doubles for the first time this season.2. (22) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday in Washington.
“Sometimes desperation leads to wondrous thinking”, Blatt said.
Irving says he has no beef with Wall using him as an example of why the Washington Wizards point guard feels the NBA’s All-Star voting system is flawed. And it was an underwhelming performance from Kevin Love, who finished with just eight points and nine boards and was benched for the entire fourth quarter for the second time this season. When James turned up the pressure and took over the game, the Cavaliers extended their lead to 12 by halftime.
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Ever since returning from his injury, Irving struggled to find his rhythm over his first few games.
