Kyrie Irving finally breaks alleged “curse”with victory over Boston 

When Irving departed the Celtics on July 7, 2019, to sign a free agent contract with the Brooklyn Nets, he had fabricated a pitiful 0-13 record against the team, having played with them from 2017 to 2019.

Nevertheless, on Friday night at American Airlines Center, the Dallas Mavericks defeated Boston, 122-84, ending the supposed “curse” on the seasoned guard. Irving stated, “I assure you that it has taken time.” It’s challenging since, in an effort to gain an advantage, competitors strive not to show their true feelings.

When facing some of the greatest in the business, they will do all in their power to win. They seem to have succeeded in doing that. That’s why I said that all I needed was my number or a thorough understanding of my game.

Irving helped the Mavs defeat the Celtics in 31 minutes by scoring 21 points on 10 of 18 shooting. In addition, he grabbed four rebounds and six assists to get something Irving helped the Mavs defeat the Celtics in 31 minutes by scoring 21 points on 10 of 18 shooting. In addition, he contributed four rebounds and six assists to help him get over his frustration from losing to the Celtics.

think I was able to take a step back, too, talk to my teammates a little bit more about just what that pressure can feel like,” Irving said. “Not just from losing to a team, but just going against a team and knowing that they’re doing everything possible to stop you. “But it’s a team game, so I have to really rely on my teammates. I think we all did a great job of that (Friday) — continuing to support each other.” While Irving has finally gotten a win over the Celtics since his departure in 2019, he knows he’s still 0-7 in games played in Boston since he left Beantown.

He hopes to break that alleged “curse” when Game 5 is played Monday at 7:30 p.m. in Boston. “You saw all those Celtics fans in (AAC on Friday),” Irving said. “They travel in packs. 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 this adversity head on.” Meanwhile, the Mavs wound up winning Game 4 by an incredible 38 points.

That’s the third-largest margin of victory by a team in the history of the NBA Finals, topped only by the 42-point whipping Chicago did to Utah in 1998, and the 39-point spanking the Celtics gave the Los Angeles Lakers in 2008