Kyrie Irving The Savior Of The Celtics

Throughout this season the Celtics fans have been complaining about Kyrie Irving, even the media has began to paint him as the villain to the team. People have questioned if the Celtics would be better if they didn't have Kyrie at all, they were a Terry Rozier 3 away from a final's trip. Kyrie Irving is proving in this years playoffs why he is truly completely unstoppable when he's on.

The expectations for this young Celtic's team was to make the playoffs and run off with the Eastern Conference. Since then the expectations have dramatically changed, the Celtics finished with the 4th best record in the Eastern Conference. Some NBA analyst were questioning if the Celtics could even make it past the Pacer's in the 1st round, others were saying it was going to be a difficult series for the Celtics. Currently the Celtics are up 2-0 in the series and it's all because of Kyrie Irving's play.

In game one against the Pacers, Kyrie Irving put the Celtics ahead of the Pacers 84-74. Kyrie Irving put up 20 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals, and was +19 on the floor. In Game 2 Irving put up 37 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 blocks, and was +4 when he was on the floor. Kyrie Irving has put this Celtics team on his back and is going to bring them to the promise land. Kyrie Irving has been unstoppable for the Pacer's, he's mastered how to switch up speeds to blow past any opponent in the league.

The pressure on this team is at an all-time high, between the media and the city of Boston it could crush these young player's confidence. Kyrie Irving has been able to shield them all season, he's been the vocal point of conversation all season. Even if he didn't mean to do this, Kyrie Irving might've saved this team.

Jayson Tatum hasn't progressed the way most people hoped he would've in year 2. Last year Tatum was going toe to toe with LeBron James, even dunking on him. This season Jayson Tatum only went up from 13.9  to 15.7 points per game.

Gordon Hayward has been partially protected from his slow comeback from that devastating injury he suffered last season, he even is coming off the bench this season. Hayward is being paid over $31 million to come off the bench and averaging 11.5 points per game, where his last season in Utah he was averaging over 20 points a game.

NBA Analysts have been discussing about these problems with the Celtics but it has been silence ultimately by Kyrie Irving. He's been like the big brother who makes sure the school's bully doesn't bully the school. Every time there has been any talks about how the Celtics have struggled all season, the talks has always gone back to how they would be better off without Kyrie Irving. Kyrie Irving took the entire media's storm of criticism and covered his teammates from the wrath of them.

This postseason the Celtics are putting the NBA on notice why they were one game away from the NBA Finals. Kyrie Irving is the unquestioned leader of this team and can handle the pressure of the playoffs. Irving hit the biggest shot of the 2016 Finals to give the Cavs their first Championship in franchise history. Kyrie Irving is a monster and the playoff Kyrie has been activated, now it's time for the Eastern Conference to figure out a way to contain Irving.