Isaiah Thomas is right about this: The Cavaliers are not the Monstars. Unfortunately, for the Celtics, the Cavs not being the Monstars might not be entirely good news when it come to any Space Jam-NBA playoff parallels.
“We’re not scared of Cleveland. They’re not the Monstars,” Boston’s All-NBA second-team point guard said Thursday, a day after his team was thrashed by the Cavs in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. “They’re not on Space Jam.”
As any student of the 1996 live action-animation double-threat film will tell you, it was the Monstars who lost the big game on Space Jam.