This was Kyrie Irving’s Dallas Mavericks debut: result, stats and highlights vs. LA Clippers

In Los Angeles, a land of stars, Dallas Mavericks He made his new star this Wednesday, and he did it in the best possible way, with a win against a direct rival from the Western Conference. Kyrie Irving was very important to the Mavs win over LA Clippers.

Without Luka Doncic for the third game in a row due to the Slovenian’s right heel injury, the Mavericks didn’t start as favorites at Crypto.com Arena. In fact, bookmakers gave the Clippers an eight-point advantage, winners of eight of their last 10 games.

But Dallas won 110-104 and dominated Los Angeles for most of the game, aside from the fact that their biggest lead, 41-25, came in the first quarter.

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Apart from the result, the sensations left by Irving’s debut were very positive for the Mavericks. Because they showed that they can compete without Doncic, because until today they had a 1-7 record when Luca didn’t playbut more than anything else because they showed a more dynamic version which they did not have

The Mavericks, who averaged just 9.9 rushing points per game, the worst in the entire NBA, scored approx. 24 points against the Clippers. Kyrie was important to that, the season he is most productive on the counter-attack (3.9 ppg, career high)

In turn, at the end of the game Irving showed his hierarchy by making a play with patience for a drive from Hardaway, attacking the rim to get two free throws and also with one of his classic definitions.

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Kyrie Irving’s stats in his debut with the Dallas Mavericks

• 24 points
• 9-17 shooting from the field
• 4-8 on 3-pointers
• 2-2 on free throws
• 5 assists
• 4 rebounds
• 1 stopwatch
• 1 robbery
• 5 losses
• 3 fouls
• 37 minutes

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