It may have taken a year, but it is finally time for Kyrie Irving to unleash his pent up rage from last year’s NBA Finals loss.
Despite having tendinitis in his left knee entering game one of the 2015 NBA Finals, Irving entered the series on a mission. The Cavaliers were already without former all-star Kevin Love, so Irving knew he had to step up–and that’s exactly what he did.
In his one (and only) finals appearance, Irving erupted for 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists, including arguably the best play of his young career, a clutch block in the closing seconds of regulation on Stephen Curry.