With the short-handed Dallas Mavericks leading by two points, Irving drew a charge on Jimmy Butler that stopped the Golden State Warriors' last shot at tying the game in a 111-107 victory.

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.

Kyrie Irving scored 42 points and took a charge in the closing seconds while Klay Thompson added 17 against his former team as the undersized Dallas Mavericks beat the Golden State Warriors 111-107