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Kyrie Irving was a late scratch last night due concussion-like systems sustained when his head banged into an opposing Heat players knee on Tuesday. He participated in shoot-around, but was later diagnosed with a concussion by team doctors and didn't play. You already knew that though. If you followed me on Twitter, you also knew I was more bummed out than an adult my age should've been about something like that too. During the day on Wednesday, I became exceedingly gassed up by my anticipation of Irving's first ever match-up with Chris Paul. That'll have to wait until next season though.After then thinking aloud that the only thing that could make up for Kyrie's absence for me would be Christian Eyenga treating Blake Griffin like Kendrick Perkins on a Skyenga-style dunk, I ended up being more than pleasantly surprised by what actually transpired. The Cavaliers earned themselves the type of 99-92 win over a quality team like the Clippers that play-off caliber tea...
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