Read what the players and coaches had to say following Boston's 107-94 victory over Cleveland.
Click on a player to reveal quotes from their postgame press conference.
BRAD STEVENS
RE: You guys had the 11-point lead, they were able to cut it down to six, you called that timeout and you seemed to go right to Al Horford inside. What was the message at the timeout?
RE: You have a lot of options late in games. Tonight it was a heavy dose of [Marcus] Smart pick-and-roll in that fourth quarter. What did you like about that action specifically and him sort of running the offense late?
RE: You mentioned the feasibility to maintain composure in the face of LeBron. How crucial was Jaylen Brown in that stretch to keep the aggressiveness going for you guys?
RE: We've seen Marcus do things like this before, dive into crowds, get rebounds when you don't even see him coming. What does he give you guys in terms of an edge? I know this is a tough team, but his edge for you guys, how important is that?
RE: You said just a second ago it's real easy to fall apart in those situations. Why didn't your team do that? What goes into making sure that doesn't happen? What about this squad?
AL HORFORD
RE: Al, they cut the lead down to six points, four minutes to go. You guys took that timeout and it seemed like you were really aggressive, you and Marcus [Morris], going right at the rim there. What was kind of that mentality in terms of stopping their momentum and then taking over the game at that point?
RE: Even before that, LeBron's first quarter, obviously you sustained that, then I think they had you down by 11 four different times in the second quarter. How were you able to not let that spiral out of control?
RE: How was your teammate Terry Rozier just able to change this game, especially third quarter with those 14 points?
RE: You just used the word fearless. It seems at this point like your entire team is fearless, even after seeing LeBron go off the way he did. Why are you guys so fearless even though you have so much youth?
RE: You took a tough fall there in the fourth quarter on that JR [Smith] flagrant. How are you feeling, and what did it feel like to see Marcus [Smart] come to your back in that situation?
MARCUS SMART
RE: Marcus, people in this town talk a lot about Celtic pride. The energy in the building today was off the hook, your energy was off the hook. Do you feel like you guys are just in a special moment? Do you feel like this is a special group of guys right now?
RE: How important was it for you guys to absorb that first blow that LeBron was going to throw you, 21 points in the first quarter but to not get down there and keep yourself and continue fighting back?
RE: You got pretty heated there in the second half when Al [Horford] went down on that foul by JR Smith. What did you see there that got you so upset by that?
RE: When Ty Lue was in here, he said they need to find someone that can match your level of toughness. How important is it to you at all times to be setting that gold standard for toughness in the series?
RE: After you saw Jayson Tatum had that collision with LeBron, how did you guys view LeBron's game after that? Ty Lue thought he might have lost a little bit of punch in his game?
TYRONN LUE
RE: Ty, JR [Smith] seemed to have a tough night tonight. What did you see out of him, especially on defense?
RE: Did you feel like some of your guys lost their composure as the game went on?
RE: When you come back to JR like that even when he's not been shooting the ball well, is that defensive-minded and are you thinking he can get a good look?
RE: He had just gotten tangled up with Marcus [Smart] at the other end the previous possession. Was that frustration?
RE: I know you're not getting a lot of contributions out of a lot of guys right now, but why is Rodney Hood still in the rotation?
LEBRON JAMES
RE: How did you feel after the collision with Jayson Tatum in the first half, and do you think it affected your game in the second half at all after the collision?
RE: We've talked to Ty [Lue] and a couple other guys about this. Do you feel like as a team you kind of lost your composure in the fourth quarter?
RE: What is your reaction to Marcus Smart's impact on tonight's game and this series so far?
RE: I asked Ty, that stretch bridging the end of the first half into the third quarter, how did that turn around in the game?
RE: LeBron, you use that phrase zero concern the other day after the game, one loss. When you have 42 and a triple-double and you still lose, what's your level of concern now?
KEVIN LOVE
RE: Kevin, you guys at times throughout the Playoffs, it's been staggered where LeBron would be on the court basically at all times so you have that as an offensive weapon. There was some success with the lineup without you guys in the second quarter but not so much in the fourth. What's it going to take to get consistency out of the rest of the Cavs outside of you two scores in these Playoffs?
RE: Kevin, how do you guys go about generating the kind of energy plays Boston fed off of in the fourth quarter? How do you guys get those as you go back home? Is it all your crowd, or are there other things you guys can do?
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