Kyrie Irving was named the Eastern Conference’s Player of the Week for the week of March 9 to March 15. He scored 22 points against the Mavericks, put up a dazzling offensive display against the Spurs with 57 points, and followed it up with a 33 point effort against the Magic. He averaged a league-best 37.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.6 assists, and 2.3 steals in those three games. Here are Irving’s top 5 plays of the week, starting with number 5:
5. Kyrie Irving drives baseline past Victor Oladipo and euro-steps around Channing Frye for a short floater.
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4. Kyrie Irving fakes taking the pick from Timofey Mozgov and goes behind the back, forcing Tony Parker to go under the screen, and freeing Irving up for the three-pointer
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3. Against the Mavericks, Kyrie takes the James Jones screen, drives hard to the cup, and throws the hammer down!
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2. Kyrie Irving uses a series of fakes and hesitation moves to work around the Spurs, get to the basket, and finish nicely over Danny Green
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1. Kyrie Irving catches the inbounds pass from LeBron, steps right up to the three-point line and knocks down the tightly-contested, game-tying, buzzer-beater to send the Cavs into overtime. In overtime, Irving would score eight points and put the Spurs away.
