DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving's personal 13-game losing streak against the Celtics is over. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving's personal 13-game losing streak against the Celtics is over. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving’s personal 13-game losing streak against the Celtics is over.
Now it’s back to the parquet floor in Boston to face his former team again, the Dallas Mavericks still alive in the NBA Finals after avoiding a sweep with a 122-84 blowout in Game 4 on Friday night. The first two road games in this series weren’t Irving’s best, the two in Dallas quite a bit better despite a Game 3 loss that left the Mavs with a deficit no NBA team has overcome to win a playoff series. Combine that with much more of an impact from the role players around Irving and co-star Luka Doncic, and maybe the constant booing of Irving from the jilted fans in Boston won’t ring quite as loudly in Game 5 on Monday night.
Plenty of green-clad Celtics fans were planning a celebration in Texas, but the loud cheers early when the game was close didn’t last long. “You saw all those Celtics fans in there tonight. They travel in packs,” said Irving, who spent two seasons in Boston.
“When we go to Boston, there’s going to be a bunch of them yelling a whole bunch of crazy stuff still, but I think we’ve been able to grow and face kind of.
