Read what the players and coaches had to say following Boston's 102-135 defeat to Cleveland.
Click on a player or coach to reveal quotes from their postgame press conference.
BRAD STEVENS
RE: Brad, bottom line, did your team just go as far
as it possibly could have without Isaiah and the
fact that you're playing the defending champions?
RE: You know every summer there's roster turnover.
How difficult is that going to be with the group you
had this year, considering what you guys have
built, and just how things went there?
RE: Just the series as a whole, looking back on it, do
you feel like you'll be able to gauge what you guys
are compared to the Cavs without Isaiah? And was
it discouraging how it went down in those first two
games, or will you look more at the fight in Games
3 and 4?
RE: You've talked all season long about how these
guys play with chips on their shoulders and backs
against the wall. They always respond.
Throughout this playoffs they did the same thing.
How proud are you of this group?
RE: From this series, what do you want the players
to take into the summer? I mean, it seemed like
they were a little ways away, obviously, from elite.
What do you want each individual player to take
away?
AVERY BRADLEY
RE: Avery, just what kind of feeling are you left with
at the end of the season. Is it one that you felt the
team was inspired and could go considering Isaiah
was hurt, or are you disappointed? What's your
feeling?
RE: Avery, how would you say that you've grown as
an individual on the court this season, and what
did you learn about yourself in the series?
RE: You guys really were competitive on the road
but were blown out at home. What do you think
was the difference in the way you guys elevated
your level?
RE: Obviously a feeling of disappointment had to
have been felt in that locker room, but there must
have been some feeling of accomplishment of what
you guys have been able to do. When you look at
the season as a whole, what was just the
environment in the locker room when you guys
kind of talked to each other and in a few moments
relived what you guys were able to accomplish this
season?
RE: Avery, you know every summer that there's
turnover in any roster. Considering the way that
you guys have developed as a group, is that going
to be a little bit extra difficult this year?
AL HORFORD
RE: Not the ending you wanted… but how proud are you of this season?:
RE: Do you feel like you guys are at the beginning of something?:
RE: Were you surprised the gap was as big as it was in this series and how do you guys close that going into next year?:
JAE CROWDER
RE: What are the emotions right now?:
RE: On first eight minutes of the game:
RE: On what they’re learned as a group from this series, about the team and each other:
MARCUS SMART
RE: Do you look forward to the offseason and the potential for moves with excitement or what could potentially happen with the guys who are a part of this core?:
RE: What are the emotions of tonight?:
RE: On Jae saying everyone can use this as motivation:
TYRONN LUE
RE: Ty, the situation you were thrown into last year
and the whirlwind that you walked into going into
The Finals, I wonder now that you've had a full year
with this team and had your chance to put your
stamp on it, for you personally how does this
compare to last year at this point?
RE: Some people in your locker room downplayed
the significance of a rivalry between the Cavs and
the Warriors, but you embraced it, you accepted it.
How much have the Warriors been on your mind,
your coaching staff's mind, your mind as you go
into the first ever trilogy in NBA Finals history?
RE: I was going to ask how long you enjoy this one
before you look ahead to the Warriors.
RE: If I can go back to the previous game when
LeBron got his fourth foul, comparing how you feel
now, what were you thinking and were you worried
about the resiliency of the team at that point and
how it might all come out?
RE: Ty, just wondering, Brad talked about how the
shot making of Kyrie in the third quarter just ended
him, ended the Celtics and essentially their playoff
run. What were your thoughts of the shots he was
making to start that second half?
KYRIE IRVING
RE: Kyrie, you've been one of the most efficient iso
scorers in the NBA since you were drafted. Do you
feel like you're playing your best one-on-one right
now as you have at any point in your career?
RE: Can you describe the spin and step-back
against Crowder? How do you put that sequence
together?
RE: Kyrie, you talked a lot about after Game 4 about
the "why" that this team has, the purpose that you
guys have. I'm wondering from the point where
you were down 10 points at halftime of Game [4], to
any point tonight in the game where you were
running away, I was wondering in your mind how
all of that changed so quickly.
RE: Kyrie, you just touched on the challenge that the
Celtics did present to you guys. Can you just
speak now that the series is over on what
takeaways you have from your opponent?
RE: I'm wondering if this conference final title feels
any different given that you played the entire
season as the hunted, given that you won the
championship last year and people are gunning for
you this year?
KEVIN LOVE
RE: What does this mean to you? What's your
takeaway from this experience?
RE: Just your thoughts on LeBron James.
Obviously you know he passed Michael Jordan for
the all-time scoring leader in the postseason. Just
to be on the court with him and to witness history
tonight.
RE: Was the work and energy you put into winning
this series a good prep for what's ahead in the next
series?
RE: When you came here three years ago, is this
kind of how you saw your game fitting into the
collective and being able to express your own
talents?
RE: Speaking of people in the organization, a lot of
them say you might be the biggest difference from
a year ago going to The Finals and this year going
to The Finals. How do you feel about that and your
game and how different it is or your role right now
from a year ago?
LEBRON JAMES
RE: Can you just talk about that embrace you gave
Isaiah after the game on the court?
RE: LeBron, given how far the Celtics made it this
season and that they also own the No. 1 pick, how
likely do you think it is that you'll see them in a
rematch next year in this series?
RE: What goes through your mind on a night like
tonight? You become the all-time leading scorer in
the postseason, you're going to your seventh
Finals, you're going to face the Warriors for the
third time in a row. None of these things have ever
happened before. What do you pick to think
about?
RE: Going back to those guys who haven't been to
The Finals, what's the message to them as they get
ready for this journey?
RE: Richard Jefferson said in the locker room today,
he was asked about you breaking MJ's record, and
he said, I can go on record and say that when
LeBron James is done playing, his records will
never be broken. Just your thoughts on hearing
that from RJ, one of your teammates.
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