Why was Kyrie Irving complaining about how the Indiana Pacers players and fans reacted Saturday? Victor Oladipo and the Pacers stole the spotlight away from Kyrie and the Boston Celtics with their last-second heroics. It’s as simple as that.
He was the hero for the Celtics thanks to a pair as clutch 3-pointers in the final minutes. It was vintage Kyrie. He’d broken hearts inside Bankers Life Fieldhouse before, and what looked to be another winning chapter just needed a little period to finish it off.
But then Victor Oladipo happened.
He countered Irving’s first big shot with a 2-pointer, but it was his glorious 3-pointer in Irving’s face that left him with a bitter taste in his mouth.