The Cavaliers had nothing but awkward silence in response to a reporter’s metaphorical question

The Cavaliers brought some life to the NBA Finals with a 120-90 win over the Warriors on Wednesday. During a postgame conference, one reporter wanted to know how the Cavs are going to keep Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson from being their usual selves for the rest of the series, and he asked that question with a bit of poetry attached.

Reporter: “The Cavaliers have effectively frozen the pond for the Splash Brothers during the first three games of the finals. What are you doing differently? How are you keeping them from getting to their spots, getting open looks? And how do you plan to maintain that momentum in Game 4 on Friday night?”

What followed was one of the best moments of the series: the camera cutting to J.R. Smith, LeBron James and Kyrie Irving, sitting in silence, waiting for someone to take the question, because wait what? “Frozen the pond for the Splash Brothers?” Smith looked left and right, trying to look interested in the question, but not wanting to actually answer it. LeBron’s looked down like, “Oh God, do I have to answer this one?” And Irving, thinking on his feet, tried to force Smith to answer it -- “ ... Swish?” -- and the other two looked at him like, “Welp, that’s all you now.”

And Irving eventually responded it with a standard answer, but for a moment, the three Cavs players gave us a really good “oh shit” postgame conference highlight.

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