Michael Dwyer, AP
SALT LAKE CITY — A candid shot of Boston’s bench said everything as the seconds melted away. Pending free agent Kyrie Irving sat in stony silence. Also on the TV screen, in a minor role, was Gordon Hayward — who is becoming accustomed to that part.
Boston left the season like Confederates leaving Vicksburg in 1863, heads bowed in defeat. Vicksburg didn’t celebrate the Fourth of July for the next 81 years.
It might be that long before Hayward celebrates July 4, 2017.
That was the day he left the Jazz.