Kyrie Irving's 'STEADY' & 'CONTROLLED' gameplan led Mavs to Game 1 win over the Wolves 🙌 | Get Up

On Get Up, Tim Legler, Brian Windhorst and Alan Hahn join Mike Greenberg to discuss Anthony Edwards calling out Kyrie Irving before Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals and Irving's game plan and motivation that led the Dallas Mavericks to a 108-105 Game 1 win.
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[@MrMathsimon]

ESPN's Walmart Jordan complaining he tired in the postgame conference while Luka playing injured. Everybody's tired and banged up in the playoffs. Been talking all that stuff then cry being tired after the loss. Mavs in 6!

[@ashtonalexander2431]

Walmart Jordan 😂

[@sylustx6254]

Walmart Jordan lmao 😂

[@antitexmex]

Kmart kobe

[@antitexmex]

@@100percentBroonese luka on China knee is still better than all wolves lol

[@phillyconner1424]

Walmart Black Cat 😂😂📳🛜📡

[@SpazzyMcGeee]

Kyrie is a gentleman. Saying that "trashtalk" is a motivation... is just class. Very respectful dude.

[@landonlogsdon490]

Lol. He was hilarious in the postgame with the TNT panel

[@ouzi9122]

I don't know something in the back of my head says he's doing this for the max contract then end up starting his own tribe in Arizona one season after 😂

[@biguzivertt]

luka had blood on his knees and ant is talking about tired 💀 YOURE 22!!!!

[@HookahDoncic98]

Luka is the terminator

[@CertainlyCynical]

One leg luka killing them boys😂

[@VideoRandomChannel]

And Luka is a fat guy, crazy to say your tired before the fat guy

[@ChristianJosephs]

yeah lol

[@biguzivertt]

@@SeekingFreedom369 he in peak physical condition a guy pushing 30 should not have him gassed like this. kylie is great tho im just saying he needs to be able to handle this

[@LonghornsLegend]

ESPN spent two weeks crowning Ant already a champion and moved right past the Mavs. That was the biggest sign of how this was gonna go

[@joyfultoni]

Kyrie is not jamal murray

[@Elbarto_urameshi]

That part

[@naimas8120]

And even Jamal dropped 35 on Walmart Jordan's head when he said he "had him on handcuffs" 😂

[@leoreoibardo9294]

and denver don't play that kind of PnR mavs is playing. If gobert is in on the court just spam the PnR, if gobert is off the court then he can attack the rim.

[@angeljayy17]

You’re right, Kyrie is better

[@YungJay216]

@@naimas8120context is Ant man did have him in cuffs quarters 1-3. Murray didn’t go off until the 4th & still lost. Please stop

[@Michael-vn2jj]

I think ANT going to rethink that "i got Kyrie!" Statement lmao

[@Chiefmane1]

Gave bro a reason 😂

[@masongreen1371]

Ant said Kyrie is my matchup. Why would he have to rethink anything. It’s just a true statement.

[@bangf1sh]

@@masongreen1371 Then Ant better guard Kyrie the whole series. Then we'll see what he can do. (that's what he said)

[@Michael-vn2jj]

@@masongreen1371 well if ANT ends up not guarding Kyrie at some point, that will tell us they rethought it. Kyrie is going to make ANT work and it clearly took away from his offensive game. I'm betting on Mavs this series, so honestly I hope ANT keeps this energy and gets cooked.

[@hahyunlee]

@@masongreen1371 It's really not a reach... Obviously he was excited he won the game at the point he said that but saying "I got Kyrie..it's gonna be fun." is a challenge. Anyone that plays ball will take that as a slight like "he think he can handle me".

[@RandomIndie]

Luka-Kyrie aren't foul merchants (like Harden or SGA). They are just skilled and making tough shots.

[@phmagnani]

Luka and Kyrie is like if Lebron had teammed up with Kobe. People don't realize that Luka and Kyrie are the two best guards of two different generations, and Kyrie has the maturity and experience of a champion. Good luck trying to stop them.

[@fredlee1234]

Better than you ask me. Even with all the trades I still think the tandem is more fluid

[@tompopus]

Another overreaction after game 1 This game could have easily gone either way lol

[@fredlee1234]

@@tompopus hey if Minn stars use their role players in a reciprocal fashion the game plan on offense doesn’t have to be predictable. Lean on Mike Conley some

[@banimeclips10]

Not one comments about luka greatness?? 🤣🤣 bruh ESPN hates him so much for

[@EricJackson-zf2qc]

It's about Kyrie right now

[@MavDon-qc9tc]

@@EricJackson-zf2qcKyrie went 1/9 in the 2nd half while Luka dropped 15 in the 4th qtr. 😂

[@avatar_aang62]

@@MavDon-qc9tci think this is everyones apology to kyrie, because pf how bad they were crucifying my boy, this his redemption arc😂😂😂

[@EricJackson-zf2qc]

@@MavDon-qc9tc Dallas wouldn't be in this position if it wasn't for Kyrie you know that. No hate on Luka he can hoop but Kyrie has been balling in the playoffs.

[@tinastina4293]

15 points with 2 steals and a block in the 4th quarter

[@dankim23]

Mavs win=Wolves were tired from an emotional series. But if Mavs lose, they were out hustled and over matched. Stfu ESPN.

[@fabbz94]

They stay hating on the Mavs. Everyone on this panel was saying Wolves are winning and now we gunna see SAS say he knew Mavs could do it. 😂

[@r.lr.l]

​​@@fabbz94Or my favourite "The Mavs had more experience they were supposed to win" 😂

[@fabbz94]

@@r.lr.l "only won by 3" 😭

[@dankim23]

@@r.lr.l EXACTLY!

[@dankim23]

@@fabbz94 Sounds like KeyShawn

[@Bonus1123]

Ant thought he was finna get regular season Kyrie. 😂😂😂

[@ljsmithiii4551]

Didn’t he average 25 plus points per game with mavs lol?

[@EricJackson-zf2qc]

He does not want to see the regular season Kyrie

[@amanzeaharanwa84]

reg season kyrie woulda been all nba if he played enough games to qualify

[@EricJackson-zf2qc]

@@amanzeaharanwa84 he still should have been

[@antitexmex]

Never compare ant and luka again. It is not even close

[@dallasoakcliff5656]

AT ALL 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@LonghornsLegend]

Crazy people tried to skip over Luka with Ant

[@antitexmex]

@@LonghornsLegend casuals and haters in the media that can't fathom that a dude that looks like luka is cooking everyone.

[@HookahDoncic98]

Luka is a real grown man, always playing injured and still not as gassed out as ant was😂

[@LL-iy7bg]

STOP hyping Ant(MJ) Luka and Kyrie are top of the top

[@lionpaw9118]

As a MJ fan. It's just one game, stop riding the bandwagon 🤡

[@LL-iy7bg]

@@lionpaw9118 He is more like Butler then MJ

[@jermo1213]

MJ comparison is a joke. He's not even on DWade level.

[@Mark-ro3gx]

If he is guarding kyrie all game he will be tired.... Durant didnt wear him down and jamal murray was streaking

[@beyondthedetails]

@@LL-iy7bgI like that comparison. He is more like the more experienced Butler but younger. Or, like Wade whom I believe Butler is closest to.

[@duskry6426]

You know that Ant needed an oxygen tank after that game

[@phillyconner1424]

🛜🛜🛜

[@Elbarto_urameshi]

Ant poked the wrong bear fr. A focused kai is lethal

[@krzysztofgoczyk4717]

Having two guards who will end up in at least top 20 guards all time and a third one on the bench coaching surely makes them a threat...

[@pfisher737]

Somehow ANT's lungs never made the trip home from the Mile-High City.

[@fredlee1234]

Luka and Kyrie feels as impactful of a Shaq and Kobe considering the piece around them

[@mmobilegaming9256]

Never poke the bear.

[@masongreen1371]

He didn’t

[@BuddahHass2360]

If you really watch the Luka is too big for Anthony Edward's and Jaden McDaniels and Kyrie is too fast and quick, Jamal Murray isn't like neither one of them that's why Minnesota had so much success against Denver, Dallas is a totally different match up at the guard position..

[@mizal321]

Didn't ESPN call Kyrie washed

[@masongreen1371]

ESPN isn’t one person

[@christianr1941]

lol nah it was Steven a smith

[@mizal321]

@@masongreen1371 I meant as a whole wasn't that the narrative they were pushing

[@jjorjojo]

Nobody called Kyrie washed

[@mizal321]

@@jjorjojo numerous people questioned if Kyrie still "has it"

[@christopherpaul7588]

Best backcourt in NBA history? I like Luka and Kyrie. But for me Steph and Klay by a long shot! People say these things with such short term memories.

[@aewisjericho8848]

Pure talentwise they are both better than curry and klay. Curry klay won so many chips due to their system nobody could guard that three back then now teams have it figured out. If you put the threeball away from both of them curry is just an good player while klay is only average. They don’t have the iq, passing, playmaking,footwork that Luka or Kyrie possess.

[@christopherpaul7588]

@@aewisjericho8848 A system is nothing without the players in the system. You need talented players for the system to work. Mark Jackson knew early on. He said the Warriors had the best backcourt in NBA history and he was right.

[@mr.hulotsholiday]

They could be top ten maybe, I'd be willing to say that, but the best? What in the world is tim legler thinking?? They will start for me as a top ten backcourt ok, if they were to win 3 or 4 championships, which I don't think will happen, but speaking hypothetically, then they could climb into the top 5. Whatever they do though, I would never put them as the best back court in history, in just doesn't make sense at this point.

[@christopherpaul7588]

@@mr.hulotsholiday He's usually a good analyst but some people are so stuck in the moment that they develop very short term memories. haha

[@svjetlangavranich3890]

The best thing about this W from the Mavs is that their 3 point shot did not fall.I expect that Mavs in game two two will be much better in that segment.This could end up very bad for the Wolves if they do not find a way to contain Luka and Kyrie.And that will be very hard,as we can all see in game 1....let's go Mavs-Mavs in 5.

[@elizaschaeffer34]

I was rooting for the wolves (midwest) but I also can’t help but want to see Luka and Kyrie get it done. What a spectacular matchup

[@tc8557]

0:25 he didn't say that, he said 'my matchup is Kyrie' basically saying that he'd be assigned to Kyrie, no connotations.

[@stereomtl9001]

I knew this man had character when he refused to vax ...respect

[@dspbx718]

He never said I want kyrie. He said I’m guarding him so I’m excited to see what I can do against him. Smh

[@joyfultoni]

Read between the lines my friend

[@alexn5501]

Bruh stop the excuses, talk trash, back it up, its simple. We'll see maybe he steps up in the next games. He is young.

[@YungJay216]

@@alexn5501it’s one game, the Mavs technically played horrible. If Luka & Kyrie didn’t do what they did they would’ve gotten blown out. Ant Man & Kat won’t have bad games shooting again.

[@dallasoakcliff5656]

​@@YungJay216bro we shot 6/24 from 3... Don't let our role players start hitting 🤣💪🏿

[@alexn5501]

@@YungJay216 lol Minnesota shot way better than dallas, what you yappin about?

[@arham2041]

That's class

[@Nice-sm5hr]

Change the outro song bruh

[@Kharl19]

Y'all know what's crazy... Its that Bradley Beal and Booker ain't even considered a top backcourt duo this year considering their names... That suns roster was just that disastrous 😂

[@Lena-ks5ni]

These are the same guys who just yesterday wanted Ant for Face of the NBA. Aren't they the greatest jokeof the NBA. No wander that Luka has the largest fan base all over the world...and everybody can see the ignorance of basketball opinnion makers in USA.

[@dreamtimej]

Luka and Kyrie are up there with Steph and Klay at their prime. They just need 3-4 more titles for this to be taken seriously.

[@dubdub680]

This is all about race, they do not wanna give luka credit, and all the kyrie stans openly hate luka,i wonder why

[@peters4115]

Don’t reach youngblood before uncle drew teaches you there’s levels to this lmao

[@smoothradio102]

Ant should of Learn about Kyrie from Harden when he locked Harden Down in Philly🤣

[@nikobellic2515]

I think people are going to realize it’s a lot harder to win a championship than you think. You get tired.

[@boristeplitskiy7632]

The biggest mistake of all is the sports media underestimating the Mavs… now you have NBA teams underestimating us. Knocking them out one by one. What will everyone say when the Mavs are in the Finals? Easy 4-0 for Boston? We’ve heard all that this whole year. Mavs are taking it all this year

[@jrev8089]

How many Shaqtin a fool passes did Ant make last night, 5 feet over teammates’ heads, into the stands. If he can’t handle a double team, he can’t be him yet

[@luisangelnavarro8811]

At the end Ant was walking trying to defend Kyrie

[@masongreen1371]

Ant said “Kyrie is my matchup” the way the media is spinning this is hilarious and annoying.

[@masteraqua2408]

Calling out/ name dropping a player in sports they way ant said it Is a direct challenge in sports Double meaning... Players knows it

[@danielmariani3268]

Man I love the kids attitude and confidence even though this game it backfired. He's only 22, but they did just play a grueling 7 game series and when he was talking about being tired he was referring to the whole team not just himself individually. Some of the other guys, i.e Conley, Gobert, are not as young. Watch his interview before you burn the kid, it's still really impressive what he's doing.

[@kingstonshacklebolt1431]

In terms of overall skill, Kyrie and Luka are the best duo of all time and it is not close. Not just back court either. They are both literally OP on offense. They can do anything they want, against anybody they want, with any hand they want. There hasn't been 2 players on the same team before that has been able to do that

[@kennymiles1481]

Is it me or did Luka but especially Kyrie borrow SGA's playbook in this game by being aggressive in the paint? A lot of high quality shots in the midrange and just kept the game close. SGA did a lot of that in the last series which kept the game close. Kyrie barely shot any threes which is the first time in a while I've seeing him do this.

[@Vivaildi]

Ant Temu-Jordan took his lesson.

[@ye87]

😂 bro that’s foul 😭

[@JacksonWalter735]

@@ye87it’s a compliment to even be compared to Jordan. A Temu version will still be one of the best in the league because Jordan is the greatest of all time. It’s like calling Kobe the Walmart Jordan. A Walmart Jordan is still the 2nd greatest SG of all time 🤷🏼

[@Vivaildi]

@@JacksonWalter735 Looking at all the players compared to MJ is the history, it's more like a curse; Just sayin'. The media's going to destroy him asap.

[@realaudioreviews]

Ant lock in you need more than 19 points to win

[@tilendjuro6179]

Ant is only a bit better versions of Michael Finley. KISS from sLOVEnia, Luka Magic!!!!

[@vipmeeurope]

ESPN EXPERTS ON THE ANT MISSION. THEY DO NOT RESPECT MAVS, LUKA & KY.

[@HookahDoncic98]

Don’t care how long the series goes, mavs will win

[@Brandon-sn2rz]

Ant should stop poking kyrie

[@killacaine9349]

They combined for 60 and they still only won by 3 they not fuccin wit ant nem

[@pop-13]

Shot 6/25 from 3, only reason that game stayed close

[@mericanmadesoldier2345]

Must’ve not seen Luka take over the 4th quarter

[@benkylo8015]

Temu Wizards MJ went 6-16 what happened to the face of the league? Stop hyping up mid.

[@MG-fn9xw]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@fabbz94]

Mavs in 6

[@adamstewart247]

Luka bleeding knee - "Tis but a flesh wound" Antman - "We stayed up late at Walmart and Mcdonalds" Also, no one mentioned Chief Kyrie cooked them for 30 while wearing moccasins. 😂

[@wyzzkyd.]

Kind a sad Ant man called up Kyrie and forgot who his street character be like. the old man Uncle Drew, a 22 year old got whoop by a 60+ age Uncle Drew lol. Better he stayed quiet and had Kyrie showed up to play and let the game come to him all playoffs. hahahaha

[@LargeDude2023]

Kyrie cooked that Nga. Loved the “we came out flat” excuses from Edwards.

[@dallasoakcliff5656]

Me too 😂😂😂

[@christianr1941]

How is that an excuse? He’s just saying they played bad, the wolves will bounce back. They literally just beat the defending champions

[@aewisjericho8848]

@@christianr1941Yep they beat them but not because the wolves are a super team now, they beat team because everyone that wasn’t named nikola just started to forget how to play basketball on the Denver side

[@Tophergr8]

Yeah--how'd you come out flat when you were ahead most of the game? If anything, they flattened out at the end.

[@Tophergr8]

@@aewisjericho8848 that and people kind of overrated Denver's championship run and pedigree. They didn't face anybody really during that run, not a single 50-win team--it all broke perfectly for them. And this season, they choked at the end of the regular season to miss out on the 1-seed--but a lot of parity in the Western Conference. The Nuggets were never the unstoppable Juggernaut that media, especially ESPN, were making them to be.

[@wyzzkyd.]

@NBA on ESPN, Why you trying to style our DALLAS MAVERICKS with this in "EAST" Finals Game 1 thats what u displaying disrespectfully on Live TV ??????????? We would accept the same treatment for game 2 for the east make sure its highlighted incorrectly too for that winner tonight, it would seems about fair then. if not an apology will do just fine. MAVS in 4 ... LETS GO MAVS.

[@Change4good7]

Who was MVP and MVP runner up in the NBA jokics and luka how many people will come at your head if you say Tatum( who been to 5 eastern conference finals and 1 finals the last 6 years) better then luka everybody… now let’s go to the NFL Who was the MVP and MVP runner up in the NFL? Lamar Jackson and Dak Prescott now here everybody on TV will pick Josh Allen over both (no MVP and made it as far as Lamar), Joe burrow over both (because he went to the SB 5 years ago) and even on the herd yesterday he pick Jordan love, kyler Murray and Caleb Williams (who ain’t even play a NFL game yet) over Dak Prescott …. Now can someone explain to me why the goal post move all of sudden

[@krutindevesh1363]

tim legler do you sleep

[@jasonau427]

Dude said Isaiah Thomas and Joe Dumars 😂😂😂 stop living in the past

[@brooklynblack9015]

Kyrie is the goat 🐐

[@giffondhall9214]

Chuck picked the wolves to win the series he needs to apologize to kyrie

[@jrod132]

The Mavs are beating the T-Wolves in 6 games. Luka is the BEST player in the series and Kyrie has been balling in the playoffs. Luka is just too fat to guard. People bounce off him and it gives him room to fire. Edwards ain’t no Jordan or Kobe he’s Toronto’s Vince Carter. Edwards still has too many "meh" games like this & Game 7 vs Denver to be the FACE OF THE LEAGUE. He has everything else you need but the consistency

[@nicolaszyx3120]

Let’s be honest, Kyrie and Luka together are too much

[@Aepgofficals_Anyse17]

Kyrie the kdot of the nba

[@rollandcurtis874]

We can finally move on to the future GOAT Debates of: Michael Jordan vs Victor Wembanyama, Michael Jordan vs Anthony Edwards, Michael Jordan vs Luka Doncic, Michael Jordan vs Nikola Jokic, Michael Jordan vs Jalen Brunson, Michael Jordan vs Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Michael Jordan vs Ja Morant, Michael Jordan vs Donovan Mitchell, et cetera, et cetera. 👀👀🔥🔥

[@FalconPunch-ee5cm]

If he wasn't defended or kyrie then he would have had 50 instead of 30 points

[@xmobkilla9067]

So where is the insults for Ant 19 points. Got cooked on defense. Tatum 36 he played bad.

[@realaudioreviews]

Yea he played bad we get it

[@shadow33103]

KYRIE IS BATMAN LUKA IS ROBIN. The media was basically saying BATMAN Kyrie saved everyone following Robin Luka clean up the end.

[@Aman13234]

Best back court of all timeeeee? That’s crazy. Ain’t even won a WCF yet. Just calm down

[@dallasoakcliff5656]

They are arguably 🤣🤣💪🏿💪🏿

[@rollandcurtis874]

Kyrie’s teammate, Luka Doncic, has a homie named Nikola Jokic, who along with teammate Jamal Murray, and the Denver Nuggets ended LeBron James’ 2023-2024 NBA season in by GAME 5 when Jamal Murray dunked on LeBron James via a face-to-face, one-on-one posterization that will never be forgotten - Jamal Murray BAPTIZED LeBron James - with a nasty facial, followed by a game winner that ended LeBron James’ career/LA Lakers’ career via a 4-1 Gentlemen’s SWEEP in only ROUND ONE of the 2023-2024 NBA Playoffs. Michael Jordan is the GOAT! And Kobe Bryant is better than LeBron James. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯💯

[@djdarklyceum]

Get help

[@shawnvogt888]

Get back on your meds.

[@phmagnani]

Luka and Kyrie is like if Lebron had teammed up with Kobe. People don't realize that Luka and Kyrie are the two best guards of two different generations, and Kyrie has the maturity and experience of a champion. Good luck trying to stop them.

[@masongreen1371]

Kyrie is not the best guard of his generation.