It would typically be overdramatic to say one game was one of the most important games in franchise history but in this case the statement really might be true.
With a superstar’s player option hanging in the background (sound familiar?) playoff success is really the only success that will determine next steps. So of course, the lack of playoff success, in back-to-back first rounds, nonetheless, would mean a lot. For all that was invested, it could easily go *poof*.
But that’s a discussion for another day. That conversation can be blocked from the airwaves the same way Evan Mobley blocked Franz Wagner’s shot.
Cleveland has a thing for late game dramatics including blocked shots, and Mobley played his part in adding to it.
One could say...