The win brings the Mavs to withing a game of the Clippers, as they await the return of Luka Doncic. With a comfortable lead, Irving took control of the team late in the game and finished off the Clippers, and ended the night with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. Just as it looked like the Clippers were on the verge of taking the lead, Pinson came though and helped the Mavs extend the advantage to double digits. Pinson had all nine of his points in the last stanza, and they couldn’t have come at a better time. Kyrie and of all people Theo Pinson led the way in the fourth quarter. In the end it wasn’t enough form Leonard or Paul George who combined for 38 points and were kept quiet in the final 12 minutes by the Mavs defense. Leonard found his feet in the third quarter, dropping 13 points as the Clippers pulled to within a point just before the going into the fourth. The Mavs seemed in control the entire first half, but Kawhi Leonard was nowhere to be found and LA was still in the game. They put up 41 points, shot 60% from the field and didn’t turn the ball over once.īullock would cool down, and so would the Mavericks as the Clippers saw their one time 19 point deficit trimmed down to eight with a 12-2 run to end the second quarter. On the season, Kyrie Irving is averaging 27.2 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 5.4 assists per game while shooting j49 percent from the field and 37.9 percent from behind the arc. After Kyrie Irving asked for a trade after being unable to come to terms with the Brooklyn Nets on a contract extension, Kevin Durant requested a trade for the second time with the team, according to reporting by ESPN’s Brian Windhorst and Ramona Shelburne. Irving got his Mavs career started with a burst of eight straight points to help Dallas open up the lead. It looks like what most people assumed has been confirmed. The Mavs got off to a blistering start in LA, lighting up the scoreboard hitting eight of their first ten three pointers in a nearly flawless first quarter led by Reggie Bullock who dropped his first five threes. Doncic was still nursing a heel contusion suffered last week back to health so Irving had the spotlight shined bright on him and didn’t disappoint. The Mavericks stunned everyone when they brought in Kyrie to join forces with Luka Doncic in Dallas just months after getting to the Western Conference Finals. It was the trade that sent ripples across the league. The newest Dallas Maverick had 24 points to lead the team in the 110-104 win at the Arena. The Kyrie Irving era in Dallas got off to a perfect start as the Mavs went on the road and got a win against a tough Los Angeles Clippers team.
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