Mavs hail Irving's 'mamba takeover' in Clippers win

Jason Kidd and PJ Washington praised Kyrie Irving's performance as the Dallas Mavericks progress to the semis

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00:00 Yeah, I think I'll echo kind of the same sentiment statement I had the other day

00:04 of just some of the best to ever play the game are recognized for doing on

00:08 both ends of the floor and in order to make an impact on the defensive end you

00:13 have to be well conditioned and you have to have that extra gear to be able to go

00:18 to to be able to guard the best of the best to make the best of the best miss

00:22 you you have to make them feel uncomfortable you have to no tendencies

00:25 you have to study the game of basketball and you also have to appreciate their

00:28 greatness and not disrespect them so I try to have that approach and maintain

00:33 that consistent mentality that you know I'll be able to make more of an impact

00:39 if I'm doing on both ends of the floor it was kind of like there in the second

00:42 half I thought he was he was having a really good game had some good looks

00:48 there in the first half that just didn't go down but I think like we talked before

00:52 the game just his calmness his energy was always positive in the locker room

00:59 and then there in the third he got going in the fourth he kept going and that's

01:04 just the leadership and trust that the guys have on the floor with him

01:07 unbelievable I mean it's like 2k yeah mom would take over so he was just doing

01:13 what he does he's special and I'm just glad to be on his team and I mean y'all

01:18 seen it so, I didn't have much to say honestly.