Kyrie’s All -star Night – Mavs.com

Kiri Irving on Monday night do what all the stars have to do. He put his fingerprints throughout the game that descended to the wire.

Unfortunately, neither he nor the males received the payment.

He influenced the loss of Maverix 129-128 from Sacramento Kings with not only his scoring but also with a key of theft at the end of the fourth quarter, which led to an Irving bucket in the paint with 15 seconds left in regulation that helped to to He invaded extraordinary.

They don’t call it a fourth quarter for nothing.

Work, as he has delivered against The Kings, is the reason for Irving to go to the NBA All-Star game for the ninth time of his career after he was appointed a replacement on Monday.

He will be filled in for his teammate Anthony Davis, who was voted by the coaches as a reserve but cannot play because of the lev strain of an adductor.

Irving would be happy to trade his All-Star nod to win Monday. But this is a well -deserved selection independently.

“I am grateful that we could celebrate this moment,” Irving said. “Now we grind throughout the season, trying to understand how to get the best from each other and to support ourselves. I felt this from my teammates, coaches and fans. I do not take this achievement for granted. This is the best league in the world, so when you are top 24 or top 25 in this case, it feels good. “

Mavericks showed a video in the first quarter, applauding Irving’s achievement.

“Kiri is one of the best players of my generation, without a doubt,” said Klai Thompson. “The consonants, the CV, are ridiculous. NBA Champion, Olympic Champion, Fiba Champ, Fiba MVP, No. 1 choice. What he does so long at this level is incredible.

“I’m just very proud of him because he’s so hardworking. You do not become nine-time All-Star accidentally. This is Elite Company. He inspires me and everyone else in this building because he is one of the most talented players I’ve seen. “

The All-Star game Sunday in San Francisco will include a four-team tournament. Irving will be in Team Shaq and will have three other eight people teams, one being the winning team of the Rising Stars game on Friday.

There will be semi -final games and then the winners will meet in the championship game. Each game will be won by the first team to 40 points.

“It’s great,” said coach Jason Kid. “He had a season of all stars, both on and outside the floor. His leadership was high. So it’s great that he was named after the All-Star team. We have said this before, even though he is baptized or not, we have always believed that he is all-Star for us. “

The only drawback of Irving, who is involved in the All-Star weekend, is that he will reduce any vacation he planned to receive during the break.

Speaking of this, Kid said that the amount of time to play Erving has accumulated in the part for all the stars of the season is a problem.

But given the situation with the Mavericks injury throughout the season, is there really something they could do for Erving minutes? And by the way, it was only a few seconds shy than 44 minutes in the overtime game on Monday.

“I’m concerned about the 40 minutes. S S If he touches 40 minutes (Monday), he will rest tomorrow and see how it goes for Wednesday, “Kid said. “He is a professional. We’ll see if we can take it under 40. If he has to play 44 to win, he just has to rest a little longer with the kids tomorrow. These are the cards we give out to and he is a professional. He will not complain about the load. He will try to understand him. “

Waiting for the forecast: Mavericks had Anthony Davis for a total of 31 minutes before suffering a tense advice and would be lost in unspecified time.

And coach Jason Kid stressed on Monday that he was very unspecified.

“They still appreciate,” Kid said before they meet Maverix and Sacramento Kings. “There are still things that need to come out. At one point, this will. But all this is speculation right now. But it is evaluated and then a statement will come out. “

He made it clear that every schedule was premature.

Davis was out on Monday and was obviously outside after the All-Star break when he was off the All-Star game on Sunday.

Also against the kings on Monday were Dwight Powell (right hip), derek Lively II (right ankle stress fracture), PJ Washington (right ankle dislocation) and Caleb Martin (right hip).

Max Christie (right shoulder strain) and Dante Exum (the left Achilles tightness) were also doubtful before the match, but were cleared to play.

Kings know the feeling: Mavericks had the largest move in the NBA before the deadline for trading, when Luca Doncic traded for Davis and Christie.

But kings can connect with what kind of transition the team has to go through when they make a big trade. Sacramento handed out his superstar De’Aaron Fox to San Antonio and acquired Zack Lavin and others.

“It’s like downloading a plane and suddenly, there is some turbulence,” said Kings coach Doug Christie. “You have to fasten the seat belt, everyone was sitting and being calm. We are trying to do this night. It’s a good problem to have. First and most importantly, the front office did the job to try to improve our bench. “

Christie stressed that deals are never easy.

“This is the business we have chosen,” he said. “It is difficult during the trading deadline. There are families, many different things. I was there. And this part is a struggle. But we are a family. We work together. It can be a little uneven for us, but we find our way.

“This one (Doncic for Davis) was really. S S When people are like: Is this real? It’s pretty big. But the human side is always the same. It doesn’t matter if you are a superstar or 14^th A bench player. You have a family. You are a man. And you have relationships. “

Briefly: Christie spent a short time with Mavericks at the beginning of the 2005-06 season, playing and starting at seven games. “It was short, it was sweet,” Christie said. “I really liked my house. I regretted I had to sell it. My children were too. But I liked it. Mark (Kuban) was fantastic. S S Christie for the Mavericks trade for Davis: “I’m a big fan of AD. He is a monster defensive. Offensively, he and Kiri in Pick and Rolls, not to mention two big ones, this will be a problem. “..

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