BOSTON -- Throughout the season, during times when the Cleveland Cavaliers' offense fell into lulls of isolation basketball, head coach Tyronn Lue and LeBron James defended the approach, saying it was wise to take advantage of two of the league's best one-on-one scorers.
Following the Game 4 win, a night when Kyrie Irving sliced the Boston Celtics' defense with repeated dribble-drives, the All-Star point guard showed again why that path can be so successful.
"He was born to play one-on-one," James said of Irving. "That's what he do. I think what he's improving more upon is the feel of the game and taking his time and scoring and possessions and things of that nature and growing as a point guard and growing as a leader.