{"id":20580,"date":"2025-02-13T13:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T12:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=20580"},"modified":"2025-02-13T13:56:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T12:56:02","slug":"thats-what-great-players-do-stephen-curry-hails-kyrie-irvings-clutch-performance-in-win-over-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/thats-what-great-players-do-stephen-curry-hails-kyrie-irvings-clutch-performance-in-win-over-warriors\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;That&#8217;s what great players do&#8221;- Stephen Curry hails Kyrie Irving\u2019s clutch performance in win over Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not much was expected from the short-handed Dallas Mavericks when they entered the American Airlines Center on Wednesday to face the Golden State Warriors. With seven players injured, including Anthony Davis, P.J. Washington, Lively II, and Dwight Powell, the Mavericks had no center available.<\/p><p>But veteran Kyrie Irving had other plans. He stepped up in a huge way, leading the Mavericks to a 111-107 victory over the Warriors.<\/p><p>Irving scored 42 points, and 7 rebounds, going 15-of-25 from the floor and 7-of-10 from three. He also made a crucial defensive play in the final minute to seal the win.<\/p><p>Warriors star Stephen Curry, who finished with 25 points, was quick to praise Irving. <\/p><p><em>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s what great players do,&rdquo;<\/em> Curry said. <em>&ldquo;They respond to adversity. Especially in that first half, we had a couple breakdowns that he took advantage of. That gave him even more life. When he gets going, it&rsquo;s tough to stop him.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stephen Curry talks about Kyrie Irving&rsquo;s 42-point performance tonight <br><br>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s what great players do, they respond in all types of adversity.&rdquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MFFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#MFFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QzU4zY0pyC\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/QzU4zY0pyC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Joey Mistretta (@JoeyMistretta_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeyMistretta_\/status\/1889926486800605615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>February 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Irving also shared his admiration for Curry, calling the Warriors superstar one of the &ldquo;most legendary players of all-time.&rdquo;<\/p><p><em>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the guy for us as point guards, outside of Magic, Isaiah Thomas, Steph has etched himself as one of the most legendary players of all-time&rdquo;, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoeyMistretta_\/status\/1889929707522761126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Irving said.<\/a><\/p><p>When asked about the clutch performance and team&rsquo;s inspiring win, Irving credited the crowd for their energy in helping the Mavs. <\/p><p><em>&ldquo;Anytime you&rsquo;re looking for energy, you look to the crowd,&rdquo; <\/em>Irving said. <em>&ldquo;Our fans gave us a spark. It makes a big difference, especially at home. We&rsquo;ve got to protect our arena. Our fans know that. We&rsquo;re dealing with a lot, but we have to put our best foot forward.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/go-betmgm-sportsbetting-us-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"trk-cta-img\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Image\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20610\"><\/a><\/figure><p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/this-is-the-last-ride-draymond-green-reveals-emotional-conversation-with-stephen-curry-after-jimmy-butler-trade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Draymond Green reveals emotional conversation with Stephen Curry after Jimmy Butler trade<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/lebron-james-vs-stephen-curry-all-star-records-comparison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>LeBron James vs Stephen Curry All-Star Records comparison<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/were-loyal-to-each-other-kyrie-irving-reveals-having-sacred-conversations-beyond-court-with-luka-doncic-after-shocking-trade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Kyrie Irving reveals having &ldquo;sacred conversations beyond court&rdquo; with Luka Doncic after shocking trade<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Veteran guard Klay Thompson, who played his third game against his former team this season, called Irving&rsquo;s performance as &ldquo;special&rdquo;.<\/p><p><em>&ldquo;That was special,&rdquo;<\/em> said Thompson. <em>&ldquo;That was incredible &mdash; 42 and the defensive stop of the night. Yeah, that was incredible. Needed it bad, especially when I didn&rsquo;t have my best shooting night. That&rsquo;s our point guard, man. That was ridiculous.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p>Irving will now travel to San Francisco to make his ninth All-Star appearance this weekend as the injury replacement for Anthony Davis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>scored 42 points, and 7 rebounds, going 15-of-25 from the floor and 7-of-10 from three in Mavericks&#8217; win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":20606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[317,74,21,72],"class_list":["post-20580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-kyrie-irving","tag-stephen-curry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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