After the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Dallas Mavericks 111-108 on Sunday, the Mavs star guard Kyrie Irving discussed what happened on the late, broken inbounds play with teammate Luka Doncic:
“It happened so fast. I thought Luka needed a little bit more room, so I threw it toward the backcourt because I thought Jarred Vanderbilt did a great job denying him. So I thought he was just gonna let it bounce like twice and then go grab it. But once I saw him try to save it from half court, I looked at him maybe like a minute later and was like ‘You know, you could go backcourt?’ And he was like, ‘Ah, man, that’s my fault.’ I was like, ‘Yeah, it is all good.'”
“I mean, this is what it’s gonna be like when you’re learning in-game with one another. It’s not gonna look pretty all the time, but just gotta enjoy the process the same way wins and losses come. I know that moving forward, we’ll definitely be more aligned in coming out of that timeout – we’ll have a better play.”
