{"id":131097,"date":"2024-06-12T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.celticsblog.com\/2024\/6\/12\/24176696\/kyrie-irving-jrue-holiday-boston-celtics-dallas-mavericks-know-how-fragile-a-2-0-finals-lead-can-be"},"modified":"2024-06-12T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T12:00:00","slug":"kyrie-irving-jrue-holiday-know-how-fragile-a-2-0-finals-lead-can-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/12\/kyrie-irving-jrue-holiday-know-how-fragile-a-2-0-finals-lead-can-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyrie Irving, Jrue Holiday know how fragile a 2-0 Finals lead can be\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<figure>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2024 NBA Finals - Dallas Mavericks v Boston Celtics\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/OVEyQ7ptJbq6cLIW_4D69lG48-g=\/0x0:3690x2460\/1310x873\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/73402750\/2156279024.0.jpg\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Chris Marion\/NBAE via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>With the Celtics holding a 2-0 lead over the Mavericks, Jrue Holiday\u2019s experience as a Buck in 2021 \u2013 and Kyrie Irving\u2019s in 2016 \u2014 both serve as reminders of how quickly the tides can turn in a series.\u00a0<\/em>  <\/p>\n<p id=\"TiPLGe\">DALLAS \u2014 Only five teams who have trailed 2-0 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/nba-finals\">NBA Finals<\/a> have come back to win it all \u2013 that\u2019s from a 36-year sample size, a striking 86% win rate for teams in the same position the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celticsblog.com\/\">Celtics<\/a> are currently. <\/p>\n<p id=\"vUT9l0\">But both Kyrie Irving (2016) and Jrue Holiday (2021) overcame such deficits en route to their first NBA championship. Their experiences serve as a reminder that the Celtics\u2019 2-0 lead is far from definitive. <\/p>\n<p id=\"ugFS94\">\u201cWe still know being up 2-0 means nothing,\u201d Holiday said after the Game 2 win. \u201cJob\u2019s not done. We have to do whatever it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"Po6o5x\">When Jrue Holiday was on the Bucks in 2021, they trailed 0-2 against the Phoenix Sun and headed home with the odds stacked against them. But rather than folding, they rattled off four straight wins and won the franchise\u2019s first championship in 40 years. <\/p>\n<p id=\"NidoRQ\">Holiday played an instrumental role in that series win \u2013 averaging 16.7 points and 9.3 assists \u2013 and was responsible for the most famous play of those Finals, a steal and lob to Giannis Antetokoumpo to seal Game 5. <\/p>\n<div id=\"ATgf4U\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jrue Holiday&#8217;s steal &amp; lob to Giannis to help seal the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bucks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Bucks<\/a> win, through the lens of our slo-mo <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PhantomCam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PhantomCam<\/a>!  <\/p>\n<p>Jrue: 27 PTS, 13 AST, 3 STL<br \/>Giannis: 32 PTS<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThatsGame?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThatsGame<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBAFinals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NBAFinals<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AQxRy4ITOW\">pic.twitter.com\/AQxRy4ITOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1416610623639719938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2021<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"l0zvZ7\">Kyrie Irving was similarly part of a Finals comeback \u2013 the greatest Finals comeback of all times, when the Cleveland Cavaliers trailed the 73-9 Warriors 3-1.  <\/p>\n<p id=\"Hk1O9c\">\u201cIt took a lot of will to win in 2016,\u201d Kyrie Irving said on Media Day ahead of Game 3. That year, the Cavs fell 0-2 against the greatest regular season team in NBA history, and then overcame a 3-1 deficit to win the franchise\u2019s first-ever championship. Irving and LeBron James strung together one of the best three-game performances in Finals history to solidify the comeback and secure a ring. <\/p>\n<div id=\"5YpLJ4\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kyrie Irving 2016 NBA Finals<\/p>\n<p>27.1 PPG<br \/>3.9 RPG<br \/>3.9 APG<br \/>46.8 FG%<br \/>40.5 3P%<\/p>\n<p>One of the greatest individual final\u2019s performances of all time that doesn\u2019t get enough credit<\/p>\n<p>A11Even Tribe <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I320sDoUDK\">pic.twitter.com\/I320sDoUDK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014           (@Tsunamidrako) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tsunamidrako\/status\/1686063730642284544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2023<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"kOMJ7o\">Irving reflected on what made that comeback work. <\/p>\n<p id=\"rdpESy\">\u201cWe had time to fail together,\u201d he said. \u201cWe had time to go through our trials together. We lost in 2015. A lot of guys came back in 2016 and we won. So, there was an inner motivation there. We also knew who we were going against, how well they played. I think if you have a healthy way or perspective of looking at where we are now, it feels like we are that team that\u2019s gaining the experience, that\u2019s being able to fail at this level.\u201d <\/p>\n<p id=\"79ADcL\">Through two games, Kyrie Irving has struggled \u2013 averaging 14 points on 35% shooting. The role players around him have struggled even more &#8212; non-Luka players shot 2-17 from three in Game 1, for example. <\/p>\n<p id=\"oNW5Yy\">But Irving has worked to uplift his teammates and infuse them with the confidence in hopes to replicate his success in 2016.<\/p>\n<p id=\"U0eWVV\">\u201cNow we have an opportunity to respond. That\u2019s all you can ask for in a basketball season,\u201d Irving said. \u201cIf you asked me in September or October, would I want a chance to be down 0-2 and having a chance to respond in Game 3 or be out of the playoffs, I think I would choose the former. It\u2019s as simple as that in terms of putting it in perspective. We\u2019re the only teams left. This is about chess. That\u2019s all it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"zB4BXr\">The Celtics, however, have shown no signs of complacency entering Game 3. Part of that complacency likely stems from the fact that the Celtics have been on the other side of the coin; in 2022, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, and Al Horford held a 2-1 Finals lead and seemed poised to win heir first championship but lost three games in a row. <\/p>\n<p id=\"MAkOVf\">Brown has been at the forefront of the charge \u2014 he\u2019s in the midst of a career-best playoff run in which he is averaging 24 points on 54.3% shooting. <\/p>\n<p id=\"aqv7jk\">\u201cI like to pride myself that I always try to play with that fire and that passion,\u201d Brown said. \u201cI feel like that\u2019s what makes me who I am, the essence of why I play and how I play. But my experiences, the heartbreaks, the losses, have all kind of cultivated into what you see now. I don\u2019t want to feel that again. I think that\u2019s fair to say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"guTxLT\">\u201cIt\u2019s almost like you got to trick your mind almost in a sense,\u201d Brown said. \u201cYou almost got to play like you\u2019re down 0-2 rather than up. That\u2019s hard to do. You got to go into that mind frame, that focus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"4PXVKr\">If the Celtics win on Wednesday, they\u2019ll put themselves in position to take a 3-0 lead  \u2014 a lead no team in NBA history has ever come back from. 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