ESPN reacts to Dallas Mavericks DESTROY Brooklyn Nets 119-107; Doncic: 35 Pts, Kyrie: 36 Pts

ESPN reacts to Dallas Mavericks DESTROY Brooklyn Nets 119-107; Doncic: 35 Pts, Kyrie: 36 Pts

A rousing success for the former net welcome to the postgame edition of Mavs live Dana Larson Brian deeris Mark Stein here with you what a night in Brooklyn it was the Kyrie showcase Brian and the Mavericks Come Away with an important roadwin well it was an important game

For Kyrie he was feeling a lot of excitement going into this you know he was going to have a strong game and it was great to have Luca join him in having a strong game and how great is it to be going towards Health you know Luca talked about about

That a ton with Leslie there late in the game this team when it’s healthy and we just haven’t seen that a lot is capable of winning games at a great clip especially when your two superstars are playing at an All-Star level well Kyrie Irving’s last two injuries you could

Both call them freakish Dwight Powell landing on him the thumb injury that just cost him six games was a swipe down against Boston but those six games for the Mavericks it felt interminable and you can this is why because they are such a different team when you can’t

Zero in three or four Defenders on number 77 and having and not just having a healthy Kyrie Irving but a super aggressive Kyrie Irving and I think Luca given what he just did in December and January remember Luca averaged 35 and 10 for two consecutive months it’s only

Happened once previously in NBA history tiny archal did it way back in 1973 so I think Luca with having to wear a mask tonight and just the load that this guy has carried for the two months he must be the happiest guy out there because he

Breezed his way to his 35 and 18 because Kyrie was so aggressive and set the table well and and the two of them playing in a backto back both games that felt like it had been forever since we’d seen that interminable was such a good

Word it was only two weeks he was out it felt like two months that Kyrie Irving was out with that last injury and here he is back with this game that had a lot of buildup around it right the return to Brooklyn for the first time since the

Trade and Kyrie talking about wanting to normalize the emotions as he went back into that building not make such a big deal out of it he was aggressive from jump and you also Brian could to get the ball to Kyrie to they putting pressure on both those guys but if you try to

Double one of them you’re leaving the other one open to penetrate find an open guy or hit the three and and that’s the that’s why you have two superstars like that on the per you look at that reel there’s not a shot in basketball he

Didn’t make tonight and we know he is an incredible shot maker and we know Kyrie Irving loves to get to games early just to go through his whole repertoire I spoke recently with God shamod the Mavs assistant coach about just how early they get there and how Kyrie and his

Warm-up wants to try to have the ball hit every inch of space on the backboard so he can get a feel for it and tonight I mean he had the full arsenal going and you know before the game we were not joking around I I was serious I wanted

To know how the Nets were going to treat this he did not get a tribute video per se like Kevin Durant did last week the way the Nets welcomed him back was with a three-headed video Seth Curry and Mark Kei Morris were also featured in this welcome back message so there wasn’t

Quite the same level of hoopla but Kyrie after all those attempts to downplay it and telling the media last night don’t talk about it don’t ask me about it I think he showed us with his approach how big a deal this was to him deep down people should take a minute to

Find the shot chart too for Kyrie Irving tonight to your point about hitting every single shot the mid-range game the stuff the finishes at The Rim six threes from all around the ark tonight maybe no coincidence they showed his dad there uh sitting Courtside he’s talked about how

He’s his lifelong Mentor he’s the one that reminds him you’re not passive don’t be passive don’t work your way into a game go out and be aggressive and he certainly did that and then Luca donic was able to just star back court that dynamic duo and it was a different

Night for Luca who started with a mask on uh but shed the protective device steiny about as quickly as he could no see I took I took the Victory lap he did sell them on sell uh on getting rid of it and he played the second half without

It and lived to tell about it good for him and you see the the duo right here third highest scoring Duo uh combination for them in Mavs uniforms in this year you mentioned since the trade was made and realize that the first two of those were losses you know only the Brooklyn

Game and that Portland game there the 70o were wins just getting them scoring and not everybody else involved isn’t a recipe for success but when you have players like Josh Green who win Luca or KY were sitting were able to step up his game and then keep it elevated now that

Both of them are in that’s a key you have Hardaway with 14 you’re shooting 44% from three overall you’re running effectively in transition when you have that opportunity you’re out rebounding the other team all of that together along with the dynamic dual that gets you a hardfought win pesky naysayers

Like me love to point out what this team doesn’t have they’re small they don’t rebound they don’t they are not flush with great individual Defenders but when LC and Kyrie cook like that together that is what no one in the NBA wants to see and that is what when you talk about

The playoffs okay maybe the Mavs are not going to be a top four seed in the west no team in the west wants to deal with the two of those guys when they’re dialed in they present incredible challenges for a defense to cope with and they give the offense the ability to

Get the shots that they want they’re going to get their shots or you’re going to play four and three basketball you’re going to get shots from the corner uh Green’s going to be able to hit effectively from three no one’s been shooting better from the corner three

Than than Josh Green since January 11th but you see what happens out of the double team Luca right here finding open man for the three there’s Hardy hidden one you just saw uh A Hard Away hit one here’s Maxi that confidence that he he now has the broken nose has elevated his

Confidence I Bren my nose what else can they do to me and then Kyrie you mentioned everywhere on his shot chart and then oh by the way we can go and find the diving ER Maxi inside and Josh Green have really had a strong start to 2024 and it’s probably not talked about

Enough yeah Maxi 42 points in his last three games and and again what he does defensively the communication he’s playing the small ball five especially with Lively out and then being able to SPL the floor being that quarterback at the nail attacking as well as finding

People it’s a good vibe right now for the Mavericks who are trying to get healthier trying to go into the allstar break on a winning fore don’t only the righteous will prevail taste my spear get up first Blood let’s fight for a better future only the righteous will prevail you have been defeated

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ESPN reacts to Dallas Mavericks DESTROY Brooklyn Nets 119-107; Doncic: 35 Pts, Kyrie: 36 Pts