Wednesday evening, the Dallas Mavericks confronted the Minnesota Timberwolves in Texas.
The Mavs misplaced by a rating of 115-114.
Regardless of the loss, Kyrie Irving exploded with 36 factors, 4 rebounds and 9 assists whereas taking pictures 12/21 from the sector and 4/11 from three-point vary in 38 minutes of play.
By way of StatMuse: “Kyrie has six ultimate video games towards the Wolves:
39 factors
35 factors
35 factors
36 factors
30 factors
36 factors”
Kyrie final six video games towards Wolves:
39 factors
35 factors
35 factors
36 factors
30 factors
36 factors pic.twitter.com/scGNfQpyAz– StatMuse (@statmuse) January 23, 2025
After this robust defeat, Irving uttered a single phrase job (through X) which acquired over 1,000 likes and 40,000 impressions in lower than two hours.
Irving wrote: “Tribe🤞🏾🪶♾❤️”
Tribe🤞🏾🪶♾❤️
— Hélà 🤞🏾 (@KyrieIrving) January 23, 2025
Along with Irving’s huge scoring evening, he additionally made NBA historical past.
By way of Mike Curtis of the Dallas Morning Information: “Kyrie Irving turned the 81st participant to attain 18,000 factors on the nineteenth anniversary of Kobe Bryant’s 81-point recreation.”
Kyrie Irving turned the 81st participant to attain 18,000 factors on the nineteenth anniversary of Kobe Bryant’s 81-point recreation. https://t.co/zd7Gzj2KDR
-Mike Curtis (@MikeACurtis2) January 23, 2025
Irving is in his third season taking part in for Dallas after being traded (through the Brooklyn Nets) in 2023.
The 2016 NBA champion is averaging 24.5 factors, 4.5 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.3 steals per recreation whereas taking pictures 48.3 p.c from the sector and 42.7 p.c from three-point vary in 34 matches.
Kyrie surpasses 18,000 profession factors with this bucket 🔥
Wolves-Mavs on ESPN 🍿 pic.twitter.com/yjsnq0QbJL
–ESPN (@espn) January 23, 2025
With the loss, the Mavs fell to 23-21 in 44 video games, which places them in ninth place within the Western Convention.
They’re in the course of a two-game shedding streak (and are 3-7 over their final ten).
After the Timberwolves, the Mavs will journey to the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder on Thursday evening.
