Hero Kyrie Irving shines, raising play-in hopes for Dallas Mavericks

Entering the last 3 matches of the Regular Season, the Dallas Mavericks' mission is to win all. They no longer have the right to decide for the upcoming play-in ticket, but the necessary condition is still to win all 3 matches and wait for the opponent (Thunder and Jazz) to stumble.

Faced with such a difficult task, but the Dallas players did not perform well on the field, at least in the first half of the game against the Sacramento Kings.

Defense continued to be the Mavericks' critical weakness as they were unable to stop the Sacramento Kings, facing a 13-point lead in the first half of the game. On the attack, Kyrie Irving's early cooling once again put Luka Doncic in a single-handed position.

But in the third round, the Dallas Mavericks began to revive with the excellence of Doncic, Tim Hardaway Jr and Christian Woods. The score was equalized in the middle of the half and the two teams entered a period of suffocating tension until the end of the match. Also starting from this point, Kyrie Irving spoke strongly.

The American Airlines Center became like "Uncle Drew"'s own stage when the defender constantly had difficult shots, including long throws and baskets.

Despite being cold and silent in the previous three innings, Irving unexpectedly entered the hands in the last 12 minutes with a performance of 7-11 FG, including a 3-pointer success rate of up to 80% (4-5 3PT).

Nineteen points were scored by Kyrie Irving alone. Adding two assists to Christian Woods' two 3-pointers, Irving had his handprint on 25 of Dallas' total of 31 points in the fourth round.

Irving and Woods' duet brought a 123-119 aggregate victory to the Dallas Mavericks, keeping play-in hopes for the 11th-placed team in the West.

Kyrie Irving finished the game with 31 points, 8 assists, 4 rebounds in 43 minutes. Right behind him was Luka Doncic with 29 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists. Tim Hardaway Jr contributed to the victory with 24 points, 4 assists.

Christian Woods led the reserve with 14 points, 4 rebounds and 3 blocks. All three of Woods' successful three-pointers came in the last half, with Kyrie Irving "burning" the Sacramento Kings' basket.

Across the front line, six different Kings players scored above 10 points, led by De'Aaron Fox with 28 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds.

In their next outing, the Kings will play their final home game at the Regular Season on Saturday morning (April 8) to host the Golden State Warriors.

Also, the Dallas Mavericks will host the Chicago Bulls, the team that has just closed the play-in capacity in the Eastern NBA.