The Cleveland Cavaliers season was on the line.
LeBron James‘ “legacy” was already being questioned and would have become a firestorm losing another NBA Finals.
Kevin Love‘s future with the team was (is) up in the air.
To a lesser extent, whether Kyrie Irving plays “winning basketball” or just full of empty stats was being discussed.
Even Ty Lue’s future with the Cavs seemed tentative when the team went down 3 – 1.
Even with all of that hanging in the balance, Lue played Mo Williams and Dahntay Jones in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, when the game mattered.