The former Maverick entered Thursday night’s Game 1 of the NBA Finals with his Celtics leading by one and immediately transformed into a 7-foot-2 human...
The former Maverick was a 7-foot-2 human tornado, wreaking all manner of havoc upon Dallas in Game 1.
“But tonight was an affirmation to myself, no, that I’m pretty good Maybe I’m not perfect, but I’m pretty good and I can play like this and I can definitely add to this team.” The thoroughness of No. 1 seed, 64-win Boston’s victory left all the earmarks — or should we say footprints on the Mavericks’ faces — of this being a short series, but Dallas repeatedly has bounced back all season, and through the first three rounds of the playoffs.The Mavericks’ biggest loss of the playoffs was by 22 points in Game 1 at Oklahoma City, a series that Dallas won in six games.
The Mavericks finished with only nine assists. Irving, making his return to Boston, which he left acrimoniously in 2021, had only two assists and shot 6-of-19 from the field, 0-5 from 3-point range.“That’s very uncharacteristic,” Irving said. “The ball has to move more. That starts with me.”
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