"I thought I got a little closer in the paint, but I looked at it after the game and I was pretty far out," Irving said after swishing a contested left-handed hook to give theThe exact distance of the buzzer-beater, according to Second Spectrum tracking, was 20.1 feet. That ranks as the second-longest hook shot made by any player this season, per the NBA.com play-by-play data.
But if felt natural for Irving, who had 24 points and nine assists in the win, to launch a lefty hook after curling off a baseline screen and catching the inbounds pass fromswitched onto him, Irving took two hard, left-handed dribbles toward the elbow to create just enough space to loft up the hook shot.
On a rare off day for Jokic, who finished with 16 points on 6-of-16 shooting and seven assists, Dallas took its largest lead of the afternoon when Irving assisted Doncic for a layup that put the Mavs up by 13 points with 6:50 remaining. The Nuggets rallied to take the lead onDoncic tied it up again by hitting a catch-and-shoot, 29-foot 3 off the inbounds pass on the ensuing possession following a timeout.
The Mavs ran the same inbounds play coming out of a timeout following Murray missed midrange pull-up. With Nuggets shooting guarddenying Doncic above the top of the arc, Kleber read that Irving had an advantage and delivered the pass to him.
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