I have never seen him that energetic on defense lol , he took that personally, so I expect a standout defensive performance* this series

(*to his capability, hes not a defender)

>He showed in his Cleveland days with Bron, when the game was
>on the line, he proved to be a decent team defender and a
>pretty good on-ball-in-iso defender. Showed this in the
>Olympics too. And in the fourth quarter against the C's, he
>was working hard, generating steals and deflections,
>maintaining verticality when bigger guys were driving on him,
>etc. It was pretty cool to see what he's capable of on that
>end when he's locked in.
>
>Problem is, of course, there are soooooo many games where he
>just doesn't give a shit about the defensive side of the ball,
>lol. Even in playoff games-- I'd even say in much of the first
>half of the Celtics game, haha. He's just looking to grab the
>ball and get out in transition, so if it's not a passing lane
>he can leap into, he's inclined to play matador defense or not
>execute his rotation.
>
>We'll see if Kyrie can maintain defensive effort with any
>consistency this series. History points to "no", generally,
>lol, but they'll likely need it to beat the Celtics.