Kyrie Irving has already knocked off the Celtics once this season
The Cleveland Cavaliers (13-18, 9th in the East) get back to business Tuesday night when they welcome the Boston Celtics (15-17, 8th in the East) into the Q. It was a pretty good All Star break for Cleveland. Sure, Kyrie Irving didn’t fare so well in the Skills Competition, but Irving and fellow rookie Tristan Thompson both left their marks in the Rising Stars Game.
For the rest of the Cavaliers it was a period of rest, relaxation, and rooting on the young Cavaliers in the Rising Stars Game. Now that the batteries have been charged and some wounds have healed, the Cavaliers can get back to chasing that playoff berth.
The Celtics are the team standing in their way, both tonight (as the opponent) and in the long run (as the 8th seed). Perhaps no team was happier for the break than the Celtics, who carried a 5 game losing streak into the break and had lost 7 of their last 8 overall.
For the Celtics, the problem is defini...
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Kyrie Irving,
Tristan Thompson,
Kevin Garnett,
Paul Pierce,
Ray Allen,
Rajon Rondo,
Anthony Parker,
Omri Casspi,
Antawn Jamison,
Semih Erden,
Anderson Varejao
TEAMS: Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics
TEAMS: Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics
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