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Kyrie Irving called game on Sunday afternoon.
Irving hit a wild left-handed floater from the free throw line at the buzzer to lift the Dallas Mavericks to a 107-105 win over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday. Naturally, that sparked a huge celebration at the American Airlines Center.
“Hell of a shot by Kyrie. Give him all the credit,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said, via The Denver Post’s Bennett Durando. “Yeah, if a guy’s gonna beat us making a left-handed, off-handed hook shot from the elbow, yes I did [like our defense].”
The bucket came after Mavericks star Luka Dončić tied the game up with a deep 3-pointer from well behind the arc in the middle of the floor.
The Mavericks were right with the Nuggets for most of the game, but they pushed ahead briefly in the fourth quarter. The Nuggets finally retook the lead with just less than 30 seconds left on a huge 14-2 run, eight points of which belonged to Jamal Murray. That, though, is when Dončić hit his deep 3-pointer to tie the game. Then, after Murray missed a 14-footer on the other end, Irving made his shot and lifted the Mavericks to the two-point victory.
Murray led the Nuggets with 23 points and seven assists. Michael Porter Jr. finished with 20 points and seven rebounds, and Nikola Jokic added with 16 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. The Nuggets, who had won five straight coming into Sunday's game, now hold a 47-21 record.
Dončić led the Mavericks with 37 points, nine rebounds and three assists in the win. Irving finished with 24 points, nine assists and seven rebounds. Dereck Lively II was the only other player to hit double figures, as he added 14 points and eight rebounds off the bench.
The Mavericks, who have won five of their last six games, now hold a 39-29 record. That has them in seventh in the Western Conference standings, just barely behind the Sacramento Kings.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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