One legged Kyrie drops an efficient 25 points on Rose, compared to Rose's 17 on an awful 7-24 shooting performance. Rose has an awful and inconsistent jumper. He's an elite iso player, but that's it. He's a skilled passer, but not a selfless distributor. His isolation game leaves his teammates uninvolved. Poor basketball.
Butler is a glorified three and D player. He is helpless trying to guard LeBron. Weak and slow. He was chasing LeBron all night long, and was always getting outmuscled. He's a reliable three point shooter in a system like the Bulls, and will hit open J's. But when the defense keeps a man with him on the perimeter he's locked up. He had two critical air balls tonight late in the game. His game is too simple.