The Cleveland Cavaliers thoroughly dominated the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday, which prompted TNT analyst Charles Barkley to say Atlanta should “take somebody out” to change the tone of the playoff series, per Dave McMenamin of ESPN.com.
Cleveland head coach Tyronn Lue took exception to that line of thinking.
Lue responded to Barkley’s comments, per McMenamin: “I don't think there's any place in our game to take someone out if they're playing well. I think you can take it upon yourself to play harder and do things to stop it or stop a team from playing well. But when it gets into trying to hurt guys or trying to take guys out, that's just not right.”
Former NBA player Charles Oakley also took to Twitter to respond to Barkley’s remarks:
Wednesday’s game was never competitive after the Cavaliers jumped out to a 74-38 lead by halftime on the way to a 123-98 win and 2-0 series lead. While Barkley’s method of changing the momentum in the series did not sit well with Lue or Oakley, Atlanta needs to find a way to do something diffe ...
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