Bench cog Terry Rozier has become aware of how moody a team the Boston Celtics has been throughout this season, riding waves of highs and lows, streaks of confidence and seeds of doubt have seeped in through various players in a long 82-game season. However one thing has been made clear, Kyrie Irving has proved the emotional leader of this team.
“I learned so much about his attitude how much his attitude affects how we play,” Rozier said, according to John Karalis of MassLive. “When he’s a happy camper, when everything is going good for him, we’re rolling, everything else is good. Sometimes when he wants to apply that pressure, when he wants to get mad, whatever his reasons being, everybody gets so uptight, so it’s like, we’re going to go as far as he takes us.”
Irving has had plenty of controversial statements to the media this season, and that has reflected in his play. Sometimes engaged and sometimes completely detached and disinterested from the action at hand.
The Celtics have strived when Irving is motivated and itching to prove a point, and his teammates soon follow — the trademark of a leader — something he's slowly figuring out after only the second season at the helm of this team.
Boston is within a half-game's striking distance from the fourth-place Indiana Pacers, and while challenging the third-seeded Philadelphia 76ers could prove too tall a challenge at the end of the season, mustering first-round home court advantage could be the key to get this team rolling early in the playoffs.
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