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Thursday night’s matchup between the Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs had all the makings of a Game of the Year contender. There were consecutive big shots made on the national television stage, and we saw one Kyrie Irving shine with 57 points on 20-32 from the field, 7-7 from downtown and 10-10 from the free-throw line. Alongside Irving, LeBron James also contributed 31 big points to help the Cavaliers pull off the victory. We take a look at the top plays from last night’s games:
LeBron James’ first bucket in the AT&T Center is ferocious and merciless, you can tell he’s not messing around tonight after letting the Spurs slip through his fingers last time.
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Kyrie Irving tries to get it to LeBron James right off of the pick, but stays patient and gives James a nice bounce pass. James catches and throws it down with two hands!
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Kyrie Irving goes away from the screen, drives right down the middle, and euro-steps aroudn Tiago Splitter for the finish at the rim.
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Kyrie Irving uses another euro-step to get to the basket, this time getting around Tim Duncan for the lay in.
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Tony Parker actually goes under the screen and leaves Kyrie Irving wide open on the perimeter. Doesn’t he know Irving can shoot?!
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Here, Kyrie Irving just takes the Spurs dancing, as he spins and twirls his way to the basket for the finesse lay in.
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Down nine with just over two minutes to go, Kyrie Irving scored nine straight Cavalier points, none bigger than this buzzer-beating, game-tying three-pointer to send the game into overtime!
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In overtime, Kyrie Irving drives down the lane and banks in the tough floater while drawing a foul. He would make the free throw to complete the three-point play:
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In overtime, LeBron gets the ball from Kevin Love to the left wing, and once he realized he had tons of room, James pulls the trigger and knocks down the three.LeBron would go back down and stare at he crowd as if to silence them.
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Kyrie Irving grabs the cross-court pass from LeBron, allows his momentum to carry him towards the sideline/baseline area before dribbling back towards the center of the court and knocking down a three-pointer over Boris Diaw!
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LeBron James sizes up Danny Green, side steps almost like a step back, pulling up from three-point land and knocking it down, essentially icing the game for the Cavs as they take a 125-120 lead with under 30 seconds to play.