Who will emerge victorious?
On Monday, the Mavs participated in a playful 1-on-1 style "King of the Court" tournament, with the winner slated to take home a UFC-style belt congratulating them on their prowess, per the team's X account. Not unsurprisingly, star guard Kyrie Irving walked away victorious, and you can watch him take on his teammates—including Luka Doncic— in a video of the tourney that Dallas shared online.The NBA veteran made his way to Dallas in 2023, following a trade with the Brooklyn Nets.
The team will now have a chance to move onto the NBA Cup semifinals should they defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night.Brigid Kennedy is a breaking/trending news writer at Sports Illustrated and a proud graduate of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. She previously covered political news, sporting news, and culture at TheWeek.com before moving to Livingetc, an interior design magazine.
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