Kiri Irving delivers MAVS fans against the background of a tumultuous month – ESPN

Dallas – Dallas Maverix desperately needed his leader to deliver.

The chaos turned around MAVS in the 12th days after the stunning decision of General Manager Nico Harrison to trade with Franchis Luca Donchic to Los Angeles Lakers. All-Star Anthony Davis, the headliner of the return from LA, and the other three biggest big men are out for an extended period. The fans were outraged by the loss of Doncic, and several were thrown out of the loss of overtime on Monday to the kings of Sacramento for rather routine protests. Coach Jason Kid was so disappointed that he skipped his media session after the game, apologizing before the match on Wednesday.

Kiri Irving remained calm all this. And he made sure that Mavericks and their fans had a good time, scoring 42 points and taking a critical fee at the last minute of winning 111-107 over the Golden State Warriors.

“It was special,” said Mavs Clai Thompson guard, who had 17 points against his former team. “It was amazing – 42 and the protective stop of the night. Yes, it was incredible. It is necessary bad, especially when I didn’t have my best shooting. This is our point guards, man. It was ridiculous.”

The crowd in the center of American Airlines included thousands of Warriors fans, which is a norm in the Stephen Curry era, and hundreds of people wearing Doncic’s T -shirts. But the game on Wednesday was not marred by the security of the stands like Monday and there was no sound “Fire Nico!” chants.

Irving credits the crowd for giving a spark to MAVS. This was a needed elevator, given that Dallas had so many injuries that 6 feet-7 Kessler Edwards, who is on a two-way contract, began at the center.

“Every time you are in a game like tonight and looking for this energy, you watch in the crowd, our fans, and you can withdraw from it or intensify, electrify it from that energy, which is in the crowd.” said Irving. “And that there is a big difference for us in our home stadium. We have to protect it – our arena – and I feel that our fans know this. Obviously we are dealing with something unique, but at the same time we have to put our best leg forward.

Irving, who will make his ninth performance on All-Star this weekend as a substitute for Davis’s injury, gave the crowd a lot to cheer on a sensational night night.

Erving went 15 to 25 from the floor and 7-from-10 from a 3-point range, including a noise of three 3S in 41 seconds in the middle of the third quarter. According to ESPN Research, Irving has scored 32 of its points on contested shots (12-on-21).

“That’s what great players do,” said Curry, who had 25 points. “They respond to all kinds of adversity and changes, however wild they are. He has probably already entered the game.

The warriors had a chance to tie or lead after Naji Marshall’s float raised Mavs two with 25.2 seconds.

Irving, who played a second shy for 40 minutes, came out with the stop, entering to take a loading of Jimmy Butler Drive.

“Plain and simple, if I put my body on the line, all I need,” said Irving, who controls a bulging disc at the lower back. For me, the same moods and feeling – whatever is necessary to win. “