{"id":11085,"date":"2024-12-15T07:55:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T07:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=11085"},"modified":"2024-12-15T07:55:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T07:55:45","slug":"draymond-green-makes-honest-kyrie-irving-statement-before-mavs-warriors-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=11085","title":{"rendered":"Draymond Green Makes Honest Kyrie Irving Statement Before Mavs-Warriors Game.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ybmedia\/image\/upload\/c_crop,h_513,w_912,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,f_auto,h_900,q_auto,w_1600\/v1\/m\/e\/5\/e58f284566e9fed33a90e84ee7f9dc98bd89eb7b\/01jf4jwt2xx1pd751f5g.jpg\" alt=\"Draymond Green Makes Honest Kyrie Irving Statement Before Mavs-Warriors Game\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"ac_95227264\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p>On Sunday evening, the Golden State Warriors will host Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Irving comes into the night averaging 24.0 points, 4.8 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.3 steals per contest while shooting 50.4% from the field and 47.4% from the three-point range in 23 games.<\/p>\n<p>Before the game, Warriors star Draymond Green spoke about the challenges of guarding Irving.<\/p>\n<p>Green (via The Draymond Green Show with Baron Davis):\u00a0&#8220;He can score from anywhere&#8230; With Kyrie, it&#8217;s everywhere on the court, because he is an elite level scorer at every level on the basketball court&#8230; As crazy at this sounds BD, Luka probably has more offsensive deficiencies than Kyrie&#8230; Kyrie literally does not have a deficiency on the offensive end. It&#8217;s crazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_95227265\" class=\"article_chunk type_19\">\n<div class=\"video-iframe\"><iframe id=\"ytplayer_4495172\" class=\"ytplayer\" title=\"Why Kyrie Irving is HARDER to guard than Mavericks teammate Luka Doncic | Draymond Green\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l9ty6Hgo_5s?showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-6=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_95227266\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>The Mavs and Warriors last faced off in November.<\/p>\n<p>Irving had 21 points, three rebounds and six assists while shooting 8\/13 from the field and 1\/3 from the three-point range in 36 minutes of playing time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_95227268\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>That said, the Warriors won by a score of 120-117.<\/p>\n<p>Green finished the victory with 11 points, six rebounds, seven assists, three steals and two blocks while shooting 3\/6 from the field and 2\/4 from the three-point range in 32 mintues of playing time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_95227270\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>Green and Irving have faced off in the NBA Finals multiple times during their careers.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors went 2-1 in those matchups.<\/p>\n<p>Irving had one of the most famous shots in NBA history when he made the game-winning three in Game 7 of the 2016 Finals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_95227271\" class=\"article_chunk type_19\">\n<div class=\"video-iframe\"><iframe id=\"ytplayer_4495173\" class=\"ytplayer\" title=\"Kyrie Irving Drains the Clutch Three in Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fZ8yCJgsF_4?showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-6=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday evening, the Golden State Warriors will host Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks in San Francisco. 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