While many critics have praised Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue for zoning-in the focus on the Eastern Conference Finals, many others have seen his answer as disrespect to the team that awaits them at this year's NBA Finals.

Lue had praised the Boston Celtics‘ play-calling, going as far as saying that it's harder to defend than the Golden State Warriors‘ offense.

“The stuff they’re running, it’s harder to defend than Golden State’s [offense] for me, as far as the actions and all the running around and all the guys who are making all the plays, so it’s a totally different thing,” Lue told Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com.

“Like, they hit the post, Golden State runs splits and all that stuff but these guys are running all kinds of [stuff]. And Brad’s [Stevens] got them moving and cutting and playing with pace and everybody is a threat.”

Acting head coach Mike Brown didn't really care to get onto a war of words over his quote, shrugging it off while the Warriors count the days until a potential rematch with the reigning champs.

“That's his opinion,” Brown told Connor LeTourneau of the San Francisco Chronicle. “It's cute.”

Lue's comments were mostly misunderstood due to the lack of context — the Celtics run a very play-specific offense and pretty much have to execute in order for them to be effective against a team like Cleveland.

The Warriors on the other hand, have a second, third, and even fourth option on offense due to their versatility as players, a luxury the Celtics don't necessarily have.

Complexity and precise execution are what Boston has used repeatedly this postseason, while not exactly getting all the desired results in this series, but still, for a coach — having to figure out the maze that is the Celtics offense has to be quite the task to figure out, aside from all the game-to-game adjustments.

Brown chose to stay away from the drama, once again a right stab of a decision given what's at stake at the start of next month.