The final meeting of the regular season between the Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves wasn’t what the NBA schedule-makers envisioned before the season began. The Mavericks were without Luka Doncic,

P.J. Washington scored 25 points, making all four of his 3-point attempts in the fourth quarter, and Kyrie Irving added 25 points and six assists as the Dallas Mavericks outlasted the New Orleans Pelicans 137-136.

During this time, Pelicans guard C.J. McCollum took advantage of a missed floater by Irving and led a transition opportunity to find Trey Murphy III for a windmill alley-oop. Less than 10 seconds later, McCollum remixed the play and threw another lob to Murphy to give the Pelicans a six-point lead going into the half.

Kyrie Irving engaged in some spirited trash talk with Alex Caruso and Isaiah Joe after Jaylin Williams was fouled by P.J. Washington.

Kyrie Irving accidentally hit a young boy sitting courtside with an errant pass during the Mavericks-Celtics NBA Finals rematch game on Jan. 25, 2025.

Washington grew up in the Dallas area. Following a trade from Charlotte, he has shown himself to be a glue guy for the Mavericks.

Mavericks star Kyrie Irving passed another huge scoring milestone with a bucket against the Timberwolves on Wednesday night.

Spencer Dinwiddie scored 28 points, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-115 on Thursday night. P.J. Washington had 22 points and 19 rebounds and Kyrie Irving added

P.J. Washington will receive an icy welcome as his play against the Thunder has OKC fans hating him more than any player in the NBA. Even if it's a skeleton crew going out there for Dallas, there will be plenty of emotions running high in this game.

“I would say our poise is probably a little different here,” said Kyrie Irving ... Mavericks forward and noted OKC tormentor P.J. Washington scored 22 points and pulled down a career-high ...

P.J. Washington scored 25 points, making all four of his 3-point attempts in the fourth quarter, and Kyrie Irving added 25 points and six assists.

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