Kyrie Irving is healthy and publicly free of drama heading into his first playoff game with co-star Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks.
Kyrie Irving is healthy and publicly free of drama, self-inflicted or otherwise, heading into his first playoff game with co-star Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks.
“It took a long time to get here,” Irving said. “I know what it feels like to fail for the past six years and not reach our team goals or individual goals. I use that energy to get me prepared for what’s coming.” Then came the drama in Brooklyn, where Irving signed as a free agent in 2019 to try to chase a championship with another star in Kevin Durant, an effort that James Harden eventually joined as well.
The roster didn't fit after the trade for Irving last season, although injuries to him and Doncic didn't help. This time, midseason deals for Daniel Gafford and P.J. Washington shored up the roster, and the Mavs had a 24-7 record in 31 consecutive games with Irving to prove it. With Doncic out against Golden State earlier this month, Irving had just his second 42-minute game of the season and made a key pass out of a double team for the bucket that gave Dallas a two-point win.
While the Mavs managed to win two of their first three playoff games without an injured Doncic to spark the 2022 run that ended with a five-game loss to Golden State in the West finals, nobody on the supporting cast had a pedigree even close to Irving's.
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