Even though the Mavericks didn’t have a healthy center, the Warriors (27-27) couldn’t hit a shot at the rim, going 31-for-58 (53.4%) in the paint and played matador defense on the perimeter. Kyrie Irving put his depleted team on his back with 42 points on 15-for-25 shooting, feasting on overmatched defenders all night.

Even without winning another NBA championship, Golden State Warriors ' Stephen Curry is among the sport's immortals. After the Warriors lost 111-107 at the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday, NBA Finals rival Kyrie Irving compared Curry to two NBA legends.