Mavericks Take Down Thunder! Kyrie Irving Drops 25 in 106-98 Victory!

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The Dallas Mavericks snapped a three-game losing streak with a clutch 106-98 home victory over the league-leading Oklahoma City Thunder, who came in with an impressive 34-7 record. This win moves the Mavericks to 22-20 halfway through the NBA regular season.  Both teams were shorthanded—Dallas played without Luka Dončić and Dereck Lively II, while OKC missed MVP candidate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who sat out his first game of the season. Despite being questionable with a back injury, Kyrie Irving led all scorers with 25 points, stepping up when the Mavs needed him most.  Dallas started strong with a 10-0 run, forcing an early OKC timeout. The Mavericks ended the first half up by 20, but OKC fought back, erasing the deficit in just eight minutes before falling short in the final stretch.  What do you think about this win? Can the Mavericks carry this momentum forward? Drop your thoughts in the comments!  #DallasMavericks #KyrieIrving #MavsNation #NBA #MFFL #MavericksWin #MavsVsThunder #BasketballHighlights #D210SPORTS

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00:00The Dallas Mavericks welcome in the best of the Western Conference in the Oklahoma City

00:08Thunder and win 106 to 98.

00:11OKC was down by 20 points at the half, but quickly erased that deficit in just 8 minutes.

00:18Even without its star player in Shea Gilgis Alexander, who didn't play in this one due

00:23to a wrist injury.

00:25While Kyrie Irving was questionable with a back injury before this one, he led all scorers

00:29with his 25 points.

00:31Three others for the Mavericks scored in double figures, including both B.J. Washington and

00:36Spencer Dinwiddie with 16 and Najee Marshall with 14.

00:41Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd says he's too old to have a chip on his shoulder when

00:45thinking back to the controversial loss on Wednesday to the New Orleans Pelicans.

00:49Kidd says a game like that one and this one really helped those young players learn how

00:54to play in close games.

00:56I'm too old to have a chip on my shoulder.

00:59It's about development and being able to put you guys in a position to win and to learn

01:04from winning and losing.

01:06Right now we're doing both.

01:08We've lost, but we've learned from that.

01:10We've bounced back.

01:12This team has a lot of grit and at some point, hopefully this season we can be healthy.

01:20But next man up and so we got to keep pushing forward.

01:23The Mavericks play next in Charlotte on Monday, but will return back to the American Airlines

01:28Center next Wednesday to host the Minnesota Timberwolves.

01:31For all things Dallas Mavericks, you can tune in to Spectrum Cable Channel 15 on Wednesday

01:35and Thursday nights at 11.

01:38For D210 Sports, I'm Sydney Staples and you've just been Credentialed.

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