After being dropped by the Los Angeles Clippers twice in the playoffs in recent years, the Dallas Mavericks got over the hump with Kyrie Irving as their closer.Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving slaps hands with guard Luka Doncic after a play during the first quarter of Game 6.
Dirk Nowitzki got to celebrate a Dallas Mavericks series win over the Los Angeles Clippers with a Clippers "Gone Fishing" segment on Inside the NBA. 🏀🎣🌊😂Were the supporting cast like in the previous matchups, the Mavs likely wouldn’t have survived the clamping of Doncic and a poor series from their do-everything superstar would have doomed them.
Simply put, with Doncic keeping the cape in the closet, Irving outplayed each of the superstars on the LA side, and elevated his role as the de facto Mavs closer going forward. While the Irving trade has been completely validated, the addition of P.J Washington, swapped for Grant Williams at the trade deadline, not only changed the chemistry for the better, it provided the Mavs with possibly their best defensive roster in over a decade.
The accumulation of heavy minutes has caused some attrition to the roster, with Tim Hardaway Jr. and Maxi Kleber going down with ailments in the opening round. Dallas will miss the shooting prowess of each going forward, and they must plan for how to recover the absence of Kleber’s on-man defense, but the Mavs showed why their reconfigured roster can cause headaches to any team this postseason.
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