Nostalgia when you hold us… What if the Cavaliers had a fit Kyrie Irving in 2015? This is the question of the day, would Cleveland have won their first title? In any case, that’s what many think when they think about it. As a reminder, during these finals against Stephen Curry’s Warriors, Kyrie Irving had injured his knee in the first game, no longer playing the opposition at all and thus assisting, helpless with Kevin Love, also injured, at the slow and painful fall of the Cavs led by LeBron James.
Back in the past and more specifically in 2015. At this point, the Cavaliers are the best team in the Eastern Conference and they are about to have to face the Golden State Warriors of a certain duo Stephen Curry – Klay Thompson coming out of a totally crazy regular season. At this point, we tell ourselves that Cleveland has all its chances with a duo LeBron James – Kyrie Irving sharper than ever. Except that the tile is there, Kyrie injures himself heavily in the knee from the first game and LeBron finds himself alone to have to carry his team. The sequel, we know it, a title for Golden State and the start of a dynasty for the California franchise. However, for Brian Windhorst and many Cavaliers players including LeBron, if Irving hadn’t been out, the script would have been different.
“Irving doesn’t need lessons on the fragility of the playoffs. ” Windhorst said. “In 2015, he broke his kneecap in Game 1 of the NBA Finals in a streak his Cleveland Cavaliers lost in six games, a streak LeBron James and his teammates still believe they could have won with. a healthy Irving. The following season, of course, Irving averaged 27 points in the finals and landed one of the biggest shots in 25 years to turn things around against the Golden State Warriors. “
If he made up for it the following year, especially with this shoot on the head of Curry to nail the match, the regrets still seem to haunt the Cavaliers of 2015 and it is not LeBron James who will say the opposite, him who sports only 4 NBA titles in 10 finals appearances.
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