There was a funny moment during Wednesday’s media availability at The Q that also explained the difference between youth and experience, between a wide-eyed youngster in his first postseason and a playoff-tested vet making his fifth straight appearance under the NBA’s brightest lights.
Along each baseline, two kiosks are set up by the NBA for players to speak with media. On the South baseline, J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert spoke; on the North, it was Tristan Thompson and James Jones.
One international reporter asked each – just minutes apart – if Thursday’s Game 4 if the biggest game of the season and the series.