Mavs Step Back: Highlights, Postgame Analysis of Kyrie Irving, Tim Hardaway Jr. Torching Pelicans

After Kyrie Irving and Tim Hardaway Jr. made franchise history in the Dallas Mavericks' win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday, our Mavs Step Back Podcast followed with a full recap, including highlights.

Dalton Trigg | Jan 16, 2024

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Following a resounding victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday, all of the spotlight was on the performances of Kyrie Irving and Tim Hardaway Jr. ... and for good reason.

Irving put up 42 points to go with seven rebounds and seven assists, and Hardaway put up 41 points while hitting big shot after big shot all throughout the game. It was just the second time in franchise history where the Mavs had two players score at least 40 points in the same game. The last time it happened was last season when Irving and Luka Doncic did it.

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Speaking of Doncic, he missed his third consecutive game on Monday due to an ankle sprain, but his team was still able to pull out the win and achieve a 24-17 record at the halfway mark of the NBA season – something that's incredible to consider given how many overall roster injuries the Mavs have battled.

“In terms of a personal evaluation, I’m not too deep into it," Irving said of assessing the Mavs' first 41 games. "It is the early portion of the season. We aren’t even at the All-Star break yet. You never know how things could change in the next few weeks.”

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The Mavs now hit the road for a quick trip to the west coast to take on the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors. In addition to recapping the Mavs' win over the Pelicans and showing Irving and Hardaway's highlights, we finished up today's episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast by looking ahead to what the Mavs have to face, as well as what we should expect from the team at the trade deadline, which is only three weeks away.

You can watch and listen to our entire Mavs-Knicks postgame show on the Mavs Step Back Podcast below. Also, be sure to SUBSCRIBE on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere else you get your podcasts!

Published Jan 16, 2024

DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.