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Kyrie Irving delivered last night (Sunday) what was already defined in the United States as the move of the year in the NBA: a winning basket at the buzzer against Denver, over Nikola Jokic, with a left-handed hook shot from a distance of over 6 meters.
Irving's tremendous move, which gave Dallas a prestigious 105:107 victory over Denver, caused consternation throughout the NBA.
After the basket, Luka Doncic is seen grabbing his head and refusing to believe the ball went in given the difficulty of the shot.
"It's amazing, it's unbelievable. A huge basket," said Doncic, who lovingly accepted the drill Jason Kidd drew up for Irving's final shot, and happily hugged him at the end.
Kyrie's other teammates were also impressed, and Daniel Gafford called Irving: "Magic."
"He knows how to finish moves in a very acrobatic way, but to finish like that with his left hand, so far from the ring? I know he works on my floaters with his left hand, but I don't think he works on it from that distance. It's crazy," Gafford said, and Maxie Cleaver added : "He always does crazy things with both hands, but this is another level of crazy."
LeBron is shocked
Mahomas is congratulatory
Magic jumped off the sofa
Kyrie is known as a superstar in the NBA, and in the past has drawn comparisons to other exciting players such as Allen Iverson.
After the basket tonight, Damian Lillard already tweeted that "Kyrie is the most talented Madderpacker ever", LeBron James wrote on Instagram that "this is crazy", and Magic Johnson added: "I jumped off the couch and grabbed my head, that's one of the winning baskets The greatest in the left hand, if not the greatest."
Nikola Jokic, who tried unsuccessfully to stop Irving on the basket in question, said, "He hit a very hard shot, but if there is anyone in the league who can do it, it's him. On the one hand, I was surprised that it went in, on the other hand, not so much. I'm sure that he is able to score the shot regularly."
Irving replayed the move himself and said: "It was an instinct that came from hours of working while no one was watching. I saw Jokic keep his distance from me and give me the left side, he forced me not to shoot a three and I felt him from behind, and then I remembered that I also had You're left-handed, so why not?"
Doncic praises: "It's unbelievable"/Reuters
"I was a little surprised, but also a little not."
Jokic against Kyrie/Reuters
Kyrie, who converted to Islam in recent years, is playing the last few games despite the Ramadan fast, and admits that it is particularly difficult.
To score such a basket in his condition makes it even more special and unusual, according to him.
"I played many, many minutes without any drink or food in my stomach, so to score a basket like that in the last second, without a drop of energy in my body, is nothing short of a miracle," said Irving, who did not hesitate to declare after the victory: "Our ultimate goal is a championship. That's what we play for We are not satisfied with a few good games against quality teams, we want to beat them."
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