 some news out of this one, but the Mavs do defeat Golden State by 10. Luca's triple-double streak ended. Kyrie, though, 23, 8, and 10. Luca was short on the rebounds, the assists, but he also left early with a hamstring injury, which I hope is not a big deal, but we haven't talked a ton about Kyrie Irving this season because it has been a lot of Luca, Luca, Luca, but he's got, you know, 25 points a game, 49% shooting, 42 from three over the course of the season, Lou. Do we just overlook him simply because we talk so much about Luca? Of course. You know, I mentioned yesterday, there's so many guys with these gaudy big numbers and having these historical runs on the stat sheets that, you know, sometimes other guys that are playing really well and playing consistently can be overlooked. And because of that, he's standing right next to one of the guys that's doing it. He's the backcourt, backcourt made of Luca Donchitz. And Luca is having another historical season. He's putting up historical numbers, and Kyrie has been able to fly under the radar because of that. And still be able to play really good basketball for the Dallas Marist, even though, you know, they're sitting eighth in the West and they haven't played as well as they would like to as a team. Individually, Luca Donchitz has had one of the better seasons of his career and he's standing right next to him. So it's easy to get overlooked because of that. Yeah, and here's the thing. It's not like we might not talk about him a lot, but you better believe that on every team they face, the second thing they talk about, people aren't sleeping on Kyrie Irving on the court. I think just all the drama that surrounded his name the last couple of seasons, no one's ever doubted his production on the floor. He's always been one of the best. He's always been one of the most fun to watch. And now he's available. Everything he went through in Brooklyn and everything, you know, which again was kind of self-inflicted. But we've been talking about Kyrie for so long in a negative light that now we're not. And now he's just hooping. And now it's almost probably got to be a relief for him that we're not even really talking about how well he's doing, let alone the negative things we've been talking about in the past. So I think it's a great situation for him. The fact that he's not the first option, he's not the guy getting double teamed every single night and he's got the freedom to go at people one-on-one and play off Luca and knock down shots and still do it in a really efficient way. Shooting almost 41, 42% from three. He's getting the best looks he arguably has gotten in his career. And that's a lot to do with the way people defend Luca Duncan. So he's having a great year. Hopefully Luca's hamstring is not bad because that would be an absolute, you know, that would be the end of the Dallas Mavericks this season. But Kyrie Irving has been huge and you're right. We haven't talked about him because Luca's been so good. But I think it's a good thing. Like let's let Kyrie Irving do what he doesn't hope. I mean, if it matters to you, Luca did travel with the team to OKC. I want to move to Daniel Gafford in a second, but I have one really quick question about Kyrie that's ego related. Because obviously everyone in this world has very healthy egos. Do you think there's a little part of him that is bugged by the fact that we don't talk about him at all anymore? Or does he actually enjoy this peace and quiet? I'm sure part of it. Everyone wants to be praised. Everyone wants to be talked about. But he's also, he's been in this situation before. He's played with LeBron James. He's played with Kevin Durant. He's played with really good players that get most of the attention and most of the notoriety. But that's not to say, you know, Kyrie Irving is still a Hall of Fame basketball player, all NBA, all star, you know, he's still got a crazy resume and he still has respect. And Real Hoopers know Kyrie Irving is nasty. He's one of the best ball handlers, one of the best ISO players. It's one of the best point guards we've ever seen. So I think he understands his value as credit. But yeah, part of him is probably, you know, look at me. And he probably thinks he's better than Luca. I mean, like, as an athlete, you have that drive. But I don't think there's any, like, bitterness towards Luca here. Why are you smiling, Lou? Yeah, why are you smiling? What are you up to? Now, what's going on over there? No, I just, you know, every once in a while, I don't get enough sleep. And I feel a little silly bad. Yeah, right. Yeah, right. Nah, this is, look, I agree with Chandler, though, man. It's just, he's played against a lot of people. I don't think this bothers him. No, I think it's a lovely piece. I would enjoy it if I was him. Okay, this next thing I think is, I don't know, maybe should be talked about more, but Daniel Gafford, it's 33 consecutive field goals he's got going right now. That is only too shy of the record that Will Chamberlain got back in 1967. I find this to be oddly very impressive. Just because, you know, we watch enough basketball, you're like, how have you not missed in 33 shots, Chandler? Am I crazy? Michelle, it might as well say 33 consecutive dunks. Well, okay. But don't people miss those two? Yeah, by the way, it's only happened with one other guy, Will, so the fact that like Dwight Howard and the other guys that didn't do this is pretty crazy. Yeah. Crazy record. I think one of the most different that's- You don't like it? You don't think it's a big deal? To be efficient. Huh? I mean, I get it. I'm only arguing what Chandler said. Go ahead. Go ahead, Chandler. Okay. The way he's doing it isn't that impressive. It's not like Kevin Durant is not like a, you know, mid-range taking DeMar DeRose and hitting 33 shots in a row. It's, for the most part, he's getting spoon-fed at the rim, but again, he's also finishing. And he's also, I haven't seen every single basket. I imagine a lot of them are dunks. And I bet a lot of them are alley-eubs, where he's literally catching the ball and putting it in the rim. So I think it's a cool stat. I think he's aware now of this record. I don't, I guarantee you the next two will be dunks or layups. Not like he's going to take a pull-up at the end of the shot clock in the next game. Like he's going to get it for this record. But yeah, I mean, it's great. This is what Luca needed. He needed a great lob threat. Like, lively. You saw how good lively he was with him now. And now Gafford gives him just another option. And it's great. I hope he breaks the record. But is it the most impressive record I've ever seen in my life? No. Okay, for the record, 30 of the 33 are at the rim. But in fairness, we've seen plenty of dudes also catch a lob. 100%. And blow it. It's still 33. There's been a lot of big rim-burning. So what's the math on that? That's 15 assists for Luca. Those are all a lot. Yeah, it's it's. Yeah, to his credit, like you said, he is finishing those. He is finishing that that's part of it. But like a Dwight Howard, we're not throwing a ball to him in a post. Ask him to go get us a bucket where he's playing with his back to the basket. And he's a hook shot or these are finishes. No, like he's he's eating off the land. And that land is Luca Dungeon's world. By the way, since I've said that it's probably exhausting playing with Luca Duncan, this guy's got 35 straight 33 straight alley-oops at the rim from Luca. Didn't really. Daniel Gafford is just fine. He happy as hell playing Luca. Yeah, not everyone gets the same benefits. OK, so 33. I get it. They're what is a normal sort of streak for shots made in a row? Do you guys even keep track of things like that? Hmm. I mean, during the game, you know, most I've ever made was nine. That was it. Not OK. All right, those are those are shot shots. And that was in one change. Yeah. OK. Yeah, like the game I hit the 10 threes and a half. That was 10 threes in a row. I think that's that's harder to do than 33 done. There you go. Now that's impressive. This is impressive, too. We we we not go. We're not going to take any. We're not going to hate on this. No one's done it before. No one's done exactly. Definitely impressive. I am just saying I'd be way more blown away if it was, you know, Grace Allen or Bradley Beal hitting 33 jumpers and threes. Yeah, I mean, like. Well, sure. That would be crazy. All right. So one of the buckets we can show. It's got a good video. It's Donchich, but there's a nutmeg involved. And unfortunately for Clay Thompson, he is the victim in this one. Is that where is that in the embarrassing things that can happen? Because it feels like it might be big. I don't think so. Not at all. I think it's embarrassing. It looks embarrassing to a to a fan. But you ask it to former players. We don't like this is nothing. Yeah, this this is it looks cool, but it is. It's nothing. So that happens to you. You're not matter. Well, yeah, of course, it's a great pass, but it would look you don't get matter at that than a different way of sort of being showed up. No, because you know what it is. It's actually bad. It's bad defense, if anything, because your legs spray a wide open when you're supposed to be in a different type of stance than that. I'm no defense specialist, so I won't go into a long monologue about that. But yeah, this is this is anti-climatic. This is not even a big thing even talk about. The finish by Gaffords, I was more impressed in the past to me, honestly. There you go. See, that's and that was lucky number 32. Yeah, he could easily just he could easily just miss that dunk. So you got to give him credit for finishing for sure. I'm giving him mad credit. Well, we mentioned the Luca situation where he left with the hamstring injury. And of course, the triple double streak has ended. He did get on a plane to go to OKC with the team. He of course, and this is seems to be year after year. We talk about has the highest usage rate in the league. I know MVP is is an award on its own, but you could make the argument that Luca to his team is by far the most valuable. Could you not Chandler? Yeah, I mean, he's got the ball, you know, the most, but you look at guys like Gokic. Look how important Joellen Beat is to the Philadelphia 76ers. I mean, they they stink without him, and they were at home court advantage with him. So like there's a lot of guys that have crazy impact on their team. Luca is one of them. But I will say another guy on this team averaging 25 points a game that can carry a team and they have enough talent. They're deep enough to where they can still tread water and win games. So I don't know if he's the most important, but yeah, he's he's he's there. Everything I'll tell you this. If I expect them to advance and win, depending on their match in the first round, if Luke is out, no chance. No, no chance at all. I think that's fair. I don't care who they play. If Luke is not in that first round, they're losing. Anybody on the standings, you don't care who they play. If he's out, we'll beat them. And yeah, everybody, I think, would beat them without Luca Donkic in the first round. That's a bad place to live. I feel like I feel like that about a few guys, though. So I don't know. I feel like we could do a whole segment here. But let's say let's say the Mavs. Let's say the Mavs with Luca. Yeah. Or the eight seed. And the Nuggets are the first seed, but Yokech is out. Do you think the Nuggets beat the Mavs in a series? Right. Like, who do we who do we like in a Jamal Murray Kari Irvin matchup? So it gets tricky. Joel LnB. Yeah, Joel LnB actually went out and that changed everything that we thought about the Philadelphia 76ers. And it showed in the play. They're still a good basketball team, but they're a really good basketball team with Joel LnB. They had championship aspirations with him in the lineup now. You know, they're fighting for home court advantage still. This is why I love like the Clippers and the Suns. Kawhi Leonard's out. Bummer. We got James Harden, Paul George. Bradley Beals out. We got Kevin Devin Booker. It's when it's when his team is so reliable, like a Yokech, like even with the Celtics, like Tatum goes out, Brown goes out. That would be devastating. But at least they have those other guys in holiday. And they have pieces. Yokech, Joel, Luca, those guys, it stings if those guys are out.