Cavaliers Kyrie Irving Almost Gets Cavs Last Win As Teenager Over Hawks

Written By Larry M. Glicken "LG"

The Cleveland Cavaliers saw Kyrie Irving charge to the basket one last time as a teenager to get a win for his Cleveland Cavaliers last night in Atlanta. Iriving scored what most thought was the game winning basket with 5.4 seconds left in regulation before Joe Johnson makes an improbable 25 foot three pointer to get The Atlanta Hawks a tie as time ran out in regulation.
Iriving played his last game as a teenager last night and had another great performance, Kyrie scored 29 points, had 9 assists and 9 rebounds. Yes Irving was one play away from getting a triple double against the Atlanta Hawks who have now handed the Cleveland Cavaliers their third loss against the Hawks this season.
The Cavaliers had what I would call a breakdown in their defense last night with Anthony Parker letting Johnson have the open shot from 25 feet to get the tie and send the game into overtime. Parker should have played better defense to get Irving and the Cavaliers a win. The Cleveland Cavaliers controlled the first half of the game and let the Hawks get back into the game in the second half last night. The 19 year old Irving who will turn 20 on Friday did all he could to secure a win for his Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Hawks outscored the Cavaliers in the fourth quarter and in overtime to get the one point margin of victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Atlanta. For the Cavs it was the 19 year old Irving who led the team in scoring with 29, Antwan Jamison had another night in the twenties with 23 points.
The Cavaliers bench could have contributed a little more in this game, the entire bench only contributed 22 points with Manny Harris leading the bench effort with 11.
The next time we see Irving he will be just 20 years old, if Irving can stay healthy this young man will have a bright future ahead of him with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Once again the Cavs fall in overtime to the Hawks by one, falling 103-102


Larry Glicken is the owner of www.clevelandsports360.com and the host of the Cleveland Sports 360 Show, an online streaming sports video show at www.streamingsportstalk.com