Read what the players and coaches had to say following Boston's 86-130 defeat to Cleveland.
Click on a player or coach to reveal quotes from their postgame press conference.
BRAD STEVENS
RE: Was Isaiah's injury something he played
through the last few games? Did he aggravate it
more tonight?
RE: Do you expect him to play the next game?
RE: What kind of an impact did that have on your
team, not having your best player at 100 percent?
RE: Do you have any -- as this is
happening, what are your thoughts while this is
going on? Guys are missing shots, they're --
RE: Mentally how damaging was that? It seemed
like Cleveland took your heart, took your will, took
your spirit, and kind of enjoyed doing it.
AL HORFORD
RE: Brad said he thought you guys' misses early in
the game kind of dictated how you played. Do you
agree with that assessment?
RE: Earlier in this series you said you kind of looked
back at that Game 7 when you played against the
Celtics here your rookie season and you guys were
eliminated when you guys got beat pretty badly.
This is a very different scenario where you still
have to play after going through a night like
tonight. How do you guys keep your psyche high
and strong and maintain belief that you can get
back and try to grab a win Sunday night?
RE: This game is so mental, and they just seem to
be in your heads right now. Did you see
discouragement out there? Mentally what are you
guys like right now?
RE: Considering the way you guys have approached
games this season, how embarrassing was it to be
caught into something like this, just kind of out of
character?
RE: Brad has said the team is more of a finessestyle
team. What do you have to do in Game 3 to
stay true to who you are while being able to handle
the physicality?
AVERY BRADLEY
RE: How do you describe what happened out there?:
RE: What was said in the locker room?:
RE: How much was it to lose Isaiah?:
JAYLEN BROWN
RE: What’s your reaction to what just happened in the past couple hours?:
RE: Started with a little energy (11-10), what happened from that point on?:
RE: Did things get a little demoralizing after a while?:
TYRONN LUE
RE: Throughout the course of the playoffs, several
guys on your team have been preaching about
trying to accomplish a 48-minute game. James
Jones even used the term perfect game to me,
been chasing a perfect game. Does this qualify as
a full 48-minute game, a perfect game?
RE: After a night like tonight, I hate to ask about
worry, but in a game that's so non-competitive so
early, do you worry about your guys getting hurt?
Do you worry about guys losing focus and just
getting off course when things are that lopsided?
RE: LeBron has had a ton of really amazing games
in this building, but this one was effective, efficient,
and he just did so many different things. Can you
describe the level he's playing at right now?
RE: You mentioned Kyrie in the first quarter. All four
of his made baskets were in the paint. When he's
getting into the paint like that for your offense, how
does that open things up and maybe even change
what Boston was trying to do?
RE: You had some hard decisions to make late in the
regular season about if you're going to rest guys.
To do what you did in these two games, does that
give you any indication that you made the right
decision when you could have gone the other way
and tried to chase the seeding?
LEBRON JAMES
RE: The MVP voting came out a couple minutes
before the tip tonight. I'm wondering if you saw
those results, that you were not in the top three,
and if that fed into the game at all, and whether or
not you even saw your reaction to not being in the
top three.
RE: Before the playoffs, you said you thought that
you had enough to win a championship this year.
What are you seeing from your team now, 10
straight? And obviously tonight's game was what
it was. Where do you see this team right now?
RE: Even before the series started Brad Stevens
said that he felt like the Cavs had a perfect roster.
What do you feel about the roster composition and
the pieces that you have and what you are
potentially able to accomplish with them?
RE: You said this team had another level, but now
you've won 13 straight games in the postseason.
Is this the highest level that you've played
offensively in your career?
RE: Isaiah sat out the second half. Brad told us
before you came out here that he's been dealing
with an injury since last week. Can you sense
something physically different with him throughout
these first two games?
KYRIE IRVING
RE: What does this game say about preparation, sticking to game plan:
RE: Take another notch defensively tonight:
RE: How good are you guys:
RE: Composition of the pieces you have:
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