INDEPENDENCE, OHIO– In the Cavaliers’ 107-94 loss in Game 2 to the Boston Celtics, there wasn’t much more the team could have asked for from LeBron James.
After a sub-standard 15-point outing in Game 1, James put up a 42-point triple-double in Game 2 (a 42-10-12 statline to be exact), and yet the Cavs still went on to blow a seven-point halftime lead, turning it into an 0-2 series deficit.
As Cleveland tries to even the series back on their home court, the team knows they need to give James more to work with and can’t afford to waste his herculean efforts.