The Cavs coach was right about one thing, at least: 'No one wants to hear that'
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On verge of being swept, Kenny Atkinson says Cavaliers are 'analytically' winning series vs. Knicks
The Cavs coach was right about one thing, at least: 'No one wants to hear that'
Sometimes it's better not to say the thing you're thinking. To keep the quiet part quiet. Because there are times when you say the quiet part out loud and later on you end up really wishing you hadn't.
Kenny Atkinson had one of those moments on Sunday. The Cleveland Cavaliers are down 3-0 in the Eastern Conference Finals to the New York Knicks. No team in NBA history has ever come back from that kind of deficit. You know that. Everyone knows that. Atkinson -- who was the NBA's Coach of the Year just last season -- certainly knows it, too. Except if you ask him, the Cavs aren't really down 3-0. If you tilt your head and squint at the right kind of numbers the right kind of way, Cleveland is actually winning the series. I'm paraphrasing. Here's what Atkinson said during media availability on Sunday.
"Analytically…we're two out of three in the expected [score]," Atkinson said. "I don't know if you guys follow that, the expected score. And I know you're looking confused."
