SUMMARY
- Recently, after claiming victory over the Warriors, the Mavericks' Irving finally addressed this so-called rivalry with Steph in the postgame interview.
- Kyrie Irving's infamous 'The Shot,' during Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals remains one the most iconic shots that he pulled over Stephen Curry.
Stephen Curry and Kyrie Irving are among the most versatile point guards in the history of the NBA. This often leads to people drawing comparisons between the two and the constant debate about who is better. Recently, after claiming victory over the Warriors, the Mavericks’ Irving finally addressed this so-called rivalry with Steph in the postgame interview.
The recent match between the Golden State Warriors and the Dallas Mavericks had everyone’s attention till the very end. The Dallas-based franchise won over the Warriors by a very close win of 108-106 and ended their six-game winning streak. In the postgame interview, Irving was asked if playing the opposite of Steph brings extra motivation because of the battles they have had over the years.
To this, he responded by saying, “I mean it is not a one-on-one battle between me and Steph man as much as fans make it.” He went on to talk about how this conversation is probably going to continue until he or Curry retires from the NBA. Furthermore, Irving said, “I just show respect to the guys like that, he has put in a ton of work for our league,” and talked about how Curry has set the bar for a lot of point guards.
Stephen Curry’s revenge on Kyrie Irving cost him a Championship
Kyrie Irving’s infamous ‘The Shot,’ during Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals remains one the most iconic shots that he pulled over Stephen Curry. He ended up shaking the Warriors’ star a bit by stuttering step and proceeded to move to his right and had a mesmerizing 3-pointer to take the Cleveland to lead. This happened with less than a minute left and debuted as the game-deciding shot.
Curry ended up taking this personally and wanted to take an act of revenge. He admitted that his primitive reaction to this shot was, “I gotta go back at him.” In his attempt to do so, he ended up costing himself and his teammates a Championship. Notably, this is the only Championship that Irving has on his name, whereas, Curry has been able to clinch four NBA Champion titles.
Former teammate of Steph Curry picked Kyrie Irving over him
Former NBA player Andre Iguodala who spent eight of his 19 seasons alongside Steph Curry picked Kyrie Irving over him. With memories of Irving’s iconic shot in the 2016 NBA Finals, the ex-Nuggets player said, “Kyrie Irving, it’s not even close.” He went on to explain that for the last-second shot, he would go with the Mavericks star and highlight for fear factor at any given moment, or for that moment, it would be Irving.
Furthermore, he revealed the way Steph can be combated as he said, “With Steph, he’s proven to teams you can double him, and if you could just try to get the ball out of his hands, that’s the way to combat him.” In addition to this, he drew a comparison between Curry and Irving as he said that the ball can not be taken out of Irving’s hands that easily.