The takeaways: Kyrie Irving, again, showed how special he is

By now, opponents should know if they give Kyrie Irving an inch, the Dallas Mavericks’ superstar guard will take the proverbial mile.
The Los Angles Clippers discovered that the hard way Friday night when Irving tallied 28 of his 30 points in the second half in steering the Mavs to a 114-101 triumph in Game 6 of the first round of the Western Conference best-of-seven playoff series. The heroics by Irving clinched this series for the Mavs, 4-2, and they now move on to play the Oklahoma City