SANTA MONICA — About a half-hour after delivering the game-winning pass to Maxi Kleber, who sent all Mavericks into buzzer-beating hysterics, superstar guard...
in his interactions with players during his first two Mavericks seasons, and Irving said he hadn’t enjoyed similar candor with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets over his first 10-plus NBA seasons.Against the Spurs on Wednesday, Kleber committed a foul at the rim with 1.8 seconds remaining, threw the ensuing inbounds pass out of bounds and then suffered a defensive lapse on the Spurs’ game-tying bucket.
Kleber scored six unanswered points in the Mavericks’ last 7.2 seconds against the Lakers, converting three free throws after Anthony Davis’ shooting foul andAfter the Mavericks — and Kidd and a few assistants — untangled from the celebratory pile, Irving gave Kleber a hug, tapped his chest and whispered in his ear just before the Bally Sports Southwest postgame interview.
after missing four games with a left thigh strain, but those who watched the Mavericks’ bench reaction after Kleber’s game-winning basket might’ve detected a limp in Doncic’s gait as he joined the celebration.The joy of their first set of consecutive wins since Feb. 8-10 hasn’t overshadowed the reality that they needed late heroics to save games against the tanking Spurs and a LeBron James-less Lakers. Since last Tuesday, they’ve dropped as low as No. 9 and reached as high as No.
But don’t overlook the Mavericks’ faster, more instinctual offensive pace and 3-0 record in games with Irving but without Doncic as signs of Irving’s post-trade impact. “A lot of times with trust, it’s easy to go through the good times — everybody trusts,” Kidd said. “But to lose some games, to be tested, that trust is also going to be tested. If you can stay together, good things will turn if you still believe that. Kai and Luka preach that in the locker room, that we’ve just got to continue to stay together and keep playing. Good things will happen, and you can see that here on this road trip.
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