Cavs have a huge James Harden problem, and it's like they didn't notice
Cleveland allowed itself to get beaten like this.
Cavs have a huge James Harden problem, and it's like they didn't notice originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . It's like the Cleveland Cavaliers didn't realize they were allowed to do something different.
As the New York Knicks mounted one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the NBA playoffs, they continued to send the man James Harden was guarding to screen the guy guarding Jalen Brunson. The Cavs would switch, Harden would be on Brunson, and the Knicks' lefty guard would go to work against Cleveland's southpaw. It was a total and utter mismatch.
Brunson carried the Knicks from 22 points down to force overtime, where they won Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final in a stunner. The Cavs never changed their approach, and it cost them a game they had absolutely zero business losing. JALEN BRUNSON JUST COOKED HARDEN.
OMG. KNICKS ARE ROLLING. pic.