Mavs LISTEN: Luka & Kyrie Chemistry Grows With Historic Performance vs. 76ers

The Dallas Mavericks got a much-needed win over the Philadelphia 76ers due to the dynamic duo of Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving exploding for a combined 82 points. After six games played together, the two stars are finally looking comfortable with each other.

Dalton Trigg | Mar 3, 2023

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The Philadelphia 76ers got a dose of double trouble on Thursday night, as the Dallas Mavericks’ star duo of Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving poured in a combined 82 points in a high-octane 133-126 win. It was the first time two teammates scored 40+ points in the same game in franchise history.

“I thought our leaders when you talk about Luka [Doncic] and Kai [Kyrie Irving], they were great on both ends of the floor,” coach Jason Kidd said. “Offensively, both having 40 and 42, but those guys set the tone from the first quarter.

“You know those guys were trying to lead their team to victory and you know Kai’s sub pattern kind of changed. I was asking ‘do you want to come out?’ And he was like ‘no.’ We let him go a little bit, but you can see those two working together was at a high level against a very good team.”

On today’s episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast, we give a full recap of the Mavs’ slump-busting win over the title-contending Sixers, including Doncic and Irving’s growing chemistry, Christian Wood’s defensive struggles, Dallas’ current spot in the Western Conference standings, and much more!

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Published Mar 3, 2023

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.