Irving has had enough of watching from bench

Kyrie Irving finished an animated post-practice shooting game with LeBron James and then quickly removed any doubt about his playing status for Game 1.

"I'm going to go," he said.

Cleveland's All-Star guard may not be 100 percent - or anywhere close - but he is much better and that is welcome news to the Cavs, who will open the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday in Atlanta.