Kyrie Irving put distractions behind him, focused on leading Mavericks to NBA Finals

Kyrie Irving is healthier and happier as he prepares to help lead the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics.

Kyrie Irving directed obscene gestures and profanity at a hostile crowd in Boston the last time the star Dallas guard saw the Celtics, one of his former teams, in the playoffs two years ago. It was one tumultuous moment of many in a tension-filled tenure with Brooklyn that ended with his trade to the Mavericks about 10 months later.

Dallas beat the Los Angeles Clippers in six games in the first round, ousting Tyronn Lue, Irving's coach from his championship season alongside LeBron James in Cleveland in 2016. “He’s very, very patient,” Lue said after that series of the difference between the Irving he coached and today's version. “You couldn’t get this Kyrie when I had him. He wants to kill you every moment, every second. But now you can see, he’s just letting the game come to him.

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