Coach Dusty May's Dallas Mavericks tangled with Rick Carlisle's Indiana Pacers at American Airlines Center on Monday, November 9, that marked point guard Kyrie Irving's first back-to-back of the year. May spoke on the Mavs' “psycho competitor” before the game as they sought their seventh win of the season.

Irving appeared to one-up Warriors superstar Stephen Curry's recent demolition job on Luka Doncic as he shrugged off Pacers forward Kelly Oubre Jr., hitting him with a vicious stepback three-ball.

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The Pacers led 66-55 at halftime as Irving dropped 19 points in 15 minutes on 4-of-6 three pointers, while fellow Dallas superstar Cooper Flagg added 15 for May's team.