Boston Celtics‬, ‪Cleveland Cavaliers‬, ‪LeBron James‬, ‪NBA Conference Finals‬, ‪Isaiah Thomas‬‬

For a good while, it was looking like the Eastern Conference finals were going to be headed back to Boston with the series tied 2-2. Instead, the Cleveland Cavaliers woke up in a flash behind Kyrie Irving's heroics, erasing a 16-point Boston lead and eventually cruising home to a 112-99 win in Game 4 to take a 3-1 series lead.

Here are the main takeaways:

Kyrie to the rescue 

As mentioned, this was not looking good for Cleveland. Boston built a big lead and had all the momentum early. LeBron James picked up his fourth foul midway through the second quarter. Cleveland trailed by 10 at the half. Then Kyrie Irving, in the nick of time, went nuclear, scoring 21 third-quarter points with a dazzling display of one-on-one basketball. Nobody could check him off the dribble. He finished with both hands at the rim. He hit a 28-footer to close the third. He was completely unstoppable, and he did it all on a turned ankle that looked pretty bad at first glance.