But LeBron James’s virtuo-solo, triple-double performance was upstaged by the sweet harmonies and boogie-woogie backbeat of Brad Stevens’s swingin’ and skifflin’ Jive Aces.
BTW, “skiffle” is a kind traditional, bluesy roots music, most known for the use of non-traditional, especially home-made instruments – a washboard, a bass fiddle made out of an old fence, etc. Rather a fitting analogy for our battling boys, I’m inclined to think. Skifflin' through the Conference Finals, yet again.
Summative Equation:
Bos – 49 Conversions + [+7 “Stripes”] {10 treys “minus” 3 missed FT’s “equals” 7 stripes}
Cleve – 43 Conversions + [+3 “Stripes”] {10 treys “minus” 7 missed FT’s “equals” 3 stripes}
Expected Outcome -- +6 Conversions + [+4 Stripe] = C’s win by 16 points
Actual Score: Boston 107, Cleveland 94
The Algebra of the Game
1st Quarter
FG: C’s – 9 - 20, .