Kidd and Doncic hail Irving's high-level defense

Jason Kidd and Luka Dončić praised Kyrie Irving's defense as the Mavericks levelled the series against OKC.

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00:00This guy's been great this whole playoff run his defense. I know he's probably not labeled defender

00:06But here of late he's playing defense at a high level. He's taking the challenge and I thought tonight

00:14He did set the table offensively for a lot of guys

00:16But I thought his defense was really really good and we're gonna need that as we go forward

00:21I'm not impressed. I saw it before he can do everything on the floor and

00:25We should talk about his defense too. He's been playing amazing difference this whole playoffs

00:30And I know a lot of guys won't talk about it

00:34but he's been amazing on both sides helping everybody and just

00:40Like I always say, you know, it's amazing to have him on our team and to learn from him a lot