The term āsavageā has been among the most passĆ©ā adjectives in sports parlance these days, but itās probably the best word to describe the way a local Boston TV station derided the Cleveland Cavaliers ā particularly the teamās peripheral players ā in a segment following the Cavsā 107-94 loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals on Tuesday.
Hereās a photo of that segment as captured by MMQBās Albert Breer.
Itās one thing for players to be called useless on Twitter and on Facebook. Itās another for a TV show to put them on blast for their ineptitude. In this age of social media, the traditional medium of television remains as the leader when it comes to embarrassing public figures.
As seen on Breerās photo, the five āmost uselessā Cavs are Jeff Green, George Hill, Jordan Clarkson, JR Smith, and even Cleveland head coach Tyronn Lue.
In Game 2, Green scored just six points. Hill had three points, while Smith went a ghastly 0-fpr-7 from the field and finished with a big fat egg. Clarkson, meanwhile, did not play at all.
LeBron James, as usual, did most of the heavy lifting for the Cavs, as he scored 42 points on 16-for-29 shooting to go with 10 rebounds and 12 assists to finish with a triple-double stat line that went for naught. Kevin Love provided some help to James with 22 points and 15 rebounds, while Kyle Korver came off the bench and fired 11 points.
If the Cavs are going to claw their way back from a 2-0 hole in the series, itās becoming more and more obvious that they canāt just rely on James alone. All of them has to step up, something the Cavsā faithful is hoping to see this Saturday at home.
