Kyrie Irving and the Celtics visited Boston Children’s Hospital on Tuesday to spread holiday cheer as the new year quickly approaches. Brad Stevens wore a Santa hat, a Christmas tree sat atop Irving’s head, but his Duke affiliation quickly made him the Grinch to a child discussing basketball with him.
Stevens’ mouth dropped when the child asked Irving, mid-debate, “who won the Duke-Gonzaga game?”
All bets were off in the previously-friendly conversation, since the eleven games Irving played in a Blue Devils uniform forced him to defend the team everybody in the country is rooting against every night.