Celtics vs. Mavericks NBA Finals: Kyrie Irving's Crucial Game

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00:00But as we focus specifically on the matchup tonight in Dallas,

00:06JY, between the Celtics and the Mavericks, if the Mavs are

00:10going to make good on that favored number, if the Mavericks

00:14are going to get win number one of the NBA finals, what is

00:18the reason why?

00:20Well, we talked about shots.

00:21Kyrie Irving needs a shot of adrenaline because if it comes

00:24down to it, man, he's got to be markedly better and I'm looking

00:28squirrely at his over under four and a half points in the

00:31first quarter.

00:32Simply put, Kyrie needs to come out slugging and that means

00:38a three and a two early on.

00:40I think everything is correlated with this Portizengas injury.

00:43I think Kyrie's got to be better.

00:46You got to look at Kyrie Irving that, guys, I'm going to

00:49say this.

00:50This could be a career-defining moment in Kyrie Irving's

00:53career.

00:54I know he has the chips already, the game seven shot he had

00:57against Golden State, but he has not been good in this series

01:02and if he wants to erase the narrative, he's got to show up

01:05and shot early.

01:06I love Kyrie Irving to be aggressive.

01:08I love Kyrie Irving to go over his four and a half points in

01:10the first quarter and actually may take him over 23 and a

01:13half. This needs to be a breakout game, Ben, because if

01:16it's not, they don't have a chance to win.