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NBA playoffs 2024: In a postseason dominated by rising stars in their 20s, Kyrie Irving is still standing

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AS THE SECONDS ticked away inside Dallas' American Airlines Center, Kyrie Irving and James Harden approached each other and exchanged the customized handshake they created during their brief stint together as Brooklyn Nets teammates before hugging.

Irving had just put the finishing touches on the Dallas Mavericks' first-round series, scoring 28 of his 30 points in the second half of the Game 6 closeout victory over Harden's LA Clippers. As the Mavs moved on, a few of Irving's longtime peers started their summer early, as a Clippers team built around 30-something-year-old stars Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and Harden was eliminated.