East Conf. Finals Game 2: Cleveland Cavaliers 94-107 Boston Celtics - 5 Talking Points

#4 The Cavs' role players other than Kyle Korver had another bad night

Cleveland Cavaliers v Boston Celtics - Game Two

The Cavs needed their role players to step up to have a chance of stealing homecourt advantage in the first two games of the series against the hot Celtics team, but they were a letdown for the second night in a row.

JR Smith had more flagrant fouls than points, as he laid a big, ugly egg on the night with 0 points on 7 shot attempts. Most of his teammates were not much better. George Hill finished with 3 points, 2 rebounds and just 1 assist, though he admittedly had 2 good blocks. He took just 4 shots in total, despite being an elite 3-point shooter through the regular season this year.

Jeff Green was hardly any more proactive, scoring 6 points on 5 shots and finishing with the worst +/- of the game at -17 during the 27 minutes he was fielded. Rodney Hood was only on for 11 minutes, and he finished with 2 points on 2 shots.

Only Kyle Korver's performance was anything worth writing home, as the veteran 37-year-old finished the game with 11 points on 8 shots.