If you come at the king, you best not miss. Evan Turner and Jae Crowder must be unfamiliar with that line from The Wire because they both came at LeBron all game and they each were embarrassed. The Celtics are a scrappy bunch but in the end the Cavs talent was too much and the we took a 3-0 series lead.

Bron, Love, JR all played great, Kyrie was meh, and Tristan was a man possessed on the offensive glass.

Let’s look at some game tape

 

Mozgov got cheap shotted right in the neck

Shump was on that, on that

Jae Crowder tried to be a tough guy and had a hard foul on Kyrie… and somehow JR Smith got called for a technical? What? Was it just me or were these refs pretty bad? I’ve said this every game so far… and clearly I’m a Cavs homer but holy shit, blow your damn whistle one time.

Shump and Andy may have accidentally kissed and the fact that this got caught on TV is hilarious

Someone tell Jae Crowder is jockstrap his still on the TD Waterhouse floor

Kyrie dribbling is literally unfair. Pray for that guy’s ankles.

LeBron threw down a fast break windmill dunk. Have you ever seen someone look more bored while throwing down a windmill?

Someone get this guy’s name so I can send him a Bottlegate shirt

Evan Turner tried to dunk on LeBron and that went about as well as you’d think it would go

Kevin Love had a GREAT game, hit a dagger, and strutted around Boston and let his nuts hang. Do it to ’em, Kev!

And Boston fans proved everything we already knew about Boston fans

Couple quick thoughts:

-Brad Stevens with one of the more questionable decisions this series with his “Hack-a-Tristan” strategy in the first quarter. Sure he’s not Mark Price at the line, but the dude shot 64% from the line this season. Whatever. Thanks for the free points?

– If I hear how Boston plays with heart or toughness one more time I’m going to puke. OK, we get it. They don’t have talented basketball players so that have to play dirty tough.

-LeBron had that look in his eye and was in “attack mode” from the opening tip. Playoffs LeBron is the best LeBron.

– How about Kevin Love showing up big last night? Gonna need that next series vs. the Bulls.

– One time, just one time I want the Big 3 to all play phenomenal. In game 1 we had great Kyrie/decent LeBron/and great Kevin Love. Game 2 it was great LeBron/great Kyrie/OK Kevin Love. Yesterday was great LeBron/great Kevin Love/subpar Kyrie. If those 3 start collectively having great games vs. Chicago, that series will be over in 4-5 games.

-JR Smith and LeBron arrived an hour early to shootaround yesterday and it showed. JR got out of his slump and dropped 15 and LeBron was LeBron.

-Tristan Thompson finished the game with 5 offensive rebounds but it really felt like 20. I don’t know what the Cavs are going to do with his contract but right now he’s invaluable to this team.

-The Celtics are a bunch of fake tough guys.

-If the Cavs sweep the Celtics and the Bulls sweep the Bucks, the earliest game of the Cavs-Bulls series would be played NEXT SATURDAY. What the hell are we as fans going to do with all that time off?

– Loved our defense on Isaiah Thomas.

– Pretty sure the Cavs are about 60-0 when they wear their navy blue unis.

-Hit the music!

See you guys on Sunday for game 4. Let’s get the brooms ready.