ESPN NBA analyst Charles Barkley absolutely obliterated the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night during their Game 4 defeat to theNew York Knicks.
During the halftime break, Barkley went so far as to say that the Cavs' Game 4 performance defined the word "quit" in the dictionary. Barkley called out the team's effort over a lowlight reel of Cavs on-court blunders.
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It's one thing to say a team played poorly in a playoff exit; it's another thing entirely to accuse a team of quitting in the Eastern Conference Finals during a sweep. That's some scathing commentary from Barkley if you ask us.
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Barkley didn't mince his words; he said the Cavs quit. Is he right? You can't definitively say he's not.
This article originally appeared on For The Win:Charles Barkley said the Cavaliers 'quit' in Game 4 during brutal takedown