LeBron counters Stevens' comments that Cavs have perfect roster

Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens praised the Cleveland Cavaliers for what he called a "perfect roster" before the Eastern Conference finals started, but according to ESPN's Dave McMenamin, LeBron James isn't so quick to use the same verbiage.

Said James of Stevens' words:

Well, that's a huge compliment, but there's no such thing for us. We don't have a perfect roster. We don't have a perfect team. But we can make up for mistakes, and we can make up for maybe some deficiencies that we may have because we communicate, we fly around and we sacrifice for one another. That could put us as close to perfection as possible, which you can't ever get to. But our communication level, our sacrifice, what we give to each other every night kind of covers that, kind of covers some of the faults that we may have. And with the faults that we do have, we try to get better and better at it so we can be as great as we can be every single night.

Stevens went on to explain how it's a challenge to defend not only James, who he dubbed "the best player in the world," but also the ability of Kyrie Irving to force his opponents to "react" over and over.

If the Cavs win on Sunday, they'll hold a 14-game postseason winning streak and be up 3-0 on Boston. Sounds pretty close to perfect.