Kyrie Irving’s spectacular performance not enough to lead Mavericks past the Nuggets | MAVS POSTGAME
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Kyrie Irving went completely supernova in the second half and finished with 43 points on the night, but the Dallas Mavericks couldn’t take home the win against the Denver Nuggets, falling 122-120. Nikola Jokic scored 37 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter, to lead Denver to victory. The Mavs bench once again got outscored, Dallas once again lost the second chance points battle, and Luka Doncic was uncharacteristically quiet down the stretch in the Mavs’ second heartbreaking defeat in a row in crunch time. We break it all down in the postgame.
The Mavs went from losing four games in a row by one shot to winning three straight, including two blowouts and a dramatic road win against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Have Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, and the Mavericks turned it out? Is this team legitimately good? The stats say so, but the film...
Published 11/20/24
The Dallas Mavericks made it look easy on Tuesday night, absolutely crushing the severely shorthanded New Orleans Pelicans 132-91 for the team’s third straight win. This was the Mavs team we expected to see this season - the stars starred, but several role players chipped in with double-figures...
Published 11/20/24