{"id":23516,"date":"2025-07-26T12:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T12:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/23516\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T12:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T12:05:08","slug":"kyrie-irving-remembers-scoring-explosion-of-luka-doncic-against-teammate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/23516\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyrie Irving remembers scoring explosion of Luka Doncic against teammate"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Johnny Askounis\/ info@eurohoops.net<\/a><\/p>\n

Playing with Luka Doncic at the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> was exciting for Kyrie Irving. Even watching his former teammate in practice produced memorable moments.<\/p>\n

During a recent Twitch stream, 33-year-old Irving recalled the Slovenian sensation dropping 24 points on a teammate during practice, in only three minutes. \u201cI witnessed him give somebody 24 points in three minutes,\u201d he mentioned.<\/p>\n

Grant Williams, a Mavs<\/a> player at the top end of the 2023-24 season, was the victim of the scoring explosion, as detailed by the assistant general manager, Michael Finley, about one year ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cA player in our team, I won\u2019t call his name out, but it was Grant Williams, who decided he wanted to get under Luka\u2019s skin. He thought Luka didn\u2019t come that day ready to practice,\u201d he said, \u201cTo make a long story short, we had a scrimmage going, and he\u2019s talking trash to Luka up and down the court. So, finally, Luka says, \u2018Okay.\u2019 And I tell you, Luka went on a 26-6 run by himself. You can ask anybody. I\u2019m not exaggerating.\u201d<\/p>\n

Confirmation indeed arrived from other members of the front office and several players, now including Irving.<\/p>\n

After six complete seasons with Dallas, the Ljubljana native was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> midway through the 2024-25 campaign. He is expected to soon pledge his future to the storied franchise with a multi-year contract extension.<\/a><\/p>\n

Recovering from a torn ACL in his left knee<\/a> and projected to sit out the top end of the 2025-26 Regular Season, Irving recently signed a three-year contract extension<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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