CLEVELAND: Seemingly minutes after a blowout loss to the Golden State Warriors left the Cavaliers trailing 2-0 in the NBA Finals, everyone in America knew what coach Tyronn Lue should do.
On SportsCenter, former Cavs center Brad Daugherty verbally filled out his lineup card for Wednesday’s Game 3 at Quicken Loans Arena. Daugherty went big with Timofey Mozgov, Tristan Thompson, LeBron James, Matthew Dellavedova at point guard and Kyrie Irving at shooting guard replacing the struggling J.R. Smith.
When ESPN’s Brian Windhorst stepped off his flight from Oakland to Cleveland and turned on his cell phone, he said it had blown up with unsolicited texts from league sources, all with suggestions for Lue.