MINNEAPOLIS – For Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving, Thursday was a night of redemption. A night to exhale.
The last time Irving played in the NBA Finals was 2017 when his Cleveland Cavaliers lost to the Golden State Warriors in five games. Since then, Irving spent two seasons with the Boston Celtics and three-and-a-half seasons with the Brooklyn Nets before the Mavs secured his services in a trade on Feb. 6, 2023.
And because the Mavs were able to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves, 124-103, at Target Center, and win the Western Conference Finals, 4-1 Irving can now exhale again after reaching the NBA Finals for the fourth time in his career.