The exact moment Kyrie proved Boston fans are still in his head originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Kyrie Irving took the podium with a basketball under his arm and a smile plastered to his face like one Eleanor Rigby might keep in a jar by the door. And then he gave away the game.
It turns out the "new" Irving really was just a Stepford construct designed to show the world how much he has grown and matured on his individual journey through the blah blah blah. The real Irving revealed himself by doing what he does reliably well in Boston, which is lose, but it's what he said after that proved how much the city still rattles him.