CelticsBlog exit Interview: Gordon Hayward

It’s still painful to think about.

The first five minutes of the opener between the Celtics and Cavaliers had an exciting vibe. After watching the Celtics get beaten down to a pulp in the previous Eastern Conference Finals, they stepped out on the court and looked like they belonged against the Cavaliers. The teams were circling each other, two future heavyweights trying to see what the other was made of, and then it happened.

Hayward goes up for an alley-oop, and the end of any real title aspirations vanished.