Doncic takes blame as Mavs fail to sweep the Timberwolves

Kyrie Irving wanted to remove the blame that Luka Doncic put on himself after the Mavericks' Game 4 loss

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00:00It's fine. I think that game is on me. I just didn't give enough energy. So we got to do better.

00:09They won one game. We just got to focus on the next one.

00:12I mean, he's not alone in this. I expect him to say something like that,

00:17especially knowing how much he cares and how much he wants to win and how much he wants to lead our group.

00:22So I expect nothing less. You know, I think you heard me, too, just say that it's on me.

00:26And that's what you're supposed to hear from your leaders or your team.

00:29We know that we didn't play with the best energy or we didn't create enough opportunities for us to get easy baskets enough.

00:36And, you know, just got to take the hit on the chin, man.

00:40It's not the first time we've been hit. So it's competitive sports.

00:43It's what makes it great.