4. Kyrie Irving
Kyrie Irving hasn’t been on top of his game through the majority of the playoffs – he had a specifically rough first round against the Pacers – but he’s still be really, really good. And that just tells you how deadly Irving can be when he’s clicking on all cylinders.
After averaging sub-42 percent shooting from the field in the first two rounds of the playoffs, Irving exploded in the Eastern Conference Finals to shoot 62 percent from the field – that included a cool 50 percent from three-point range.
Cleveland is going to need the Kyrie from the ECF to show up against the Golden State Warriors, if they’re going to have any shot an pulling the upset. Though, that actually might be a little unfair to ask.