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WATCH: Dallas Mavs' Kyrie Irving Crazy No-Look Pass to Daniel Gafford vs. Golden State Warriors

The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Golden State Warriors on Friday night, and Kyrie Irving made an unbelievable pass to Daniel Gafford that made waves on social media.

Dalton Trigg

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With Luka Doncic sitting out due to knee soreness, the Dallas Mavericks still took care of business on Friday night against Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors with a 108-106 win. After P.J. Washington hit a go-ahead shot in the paint with 4.5 seconds remaining, Klay Thompson missed a potential game-winning corner 3 to give the Mavs the win.

Washington led the way with 32 points (his Mavs career-high), five rebounds, three assists, five steals and two blocks while shooting 12-18 overall and 5-8 from deep. Star point guard Kyrie Irving wasn't too far behind Washington, as he finished with 26 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and two steals while shooting 9-19 from the field.

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With a little less than four minutes remaining in the second quarter, Irving wowed the American Airlines Center crowd with a no-look, wrap-around pass to big man Daniel Gafford, who finished at the rim with ease.

It's not easy to win games when you're missing an MVP-caliber player in Doncic who is nearly averaging a 34-point triple-double for the season, but Irving has proved on a handful of occasions that he's capable of taking the reigns when No. 77 needs a breather. The Mavs improved to 47-30 on the season and are still holding on tight to that No. 5 seed in the Western Conference with just five more games to play.

Next up, the Mavs take on the Houston Rockets on Sunday to finish up a three-game homestand. The Rockets were officially eliminated from postseason contention on Friday night, so they will essentially have nothing to play for on Sunday other than pride.

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Dalton Trigg
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.

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