The group hug was a visual that summed up Dallas’ success. The entire team was involved, but it centered on Doncic and Irving. The superstars combined for 85 points in the overtime win, their most as a duo, with Irving scoring a season-high 48. Doncic had 37 points, 9 rebounds and 12 assists, including a feed to Dante Exum for a buzzer-beating 3 to send the game into overtime. “At the end of the game, Luka was like, ‘I’m tired, man,’” Irving said. “That’s why I just hugged him, man. He left it all out there, and he did all that he could. … That was kind of again, one of those ‘in the moment’ type things for us as brothers to embrace each other. We know how hard we’ve worked and how much work it took to get to this point in the season.” -via ESPN / April 8, 2024
