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今日籃網以121:104擊敗湖人，Kyrie Irving在賽後採訪中談到與Patrick Beverley對位的感受。Irving表示若能在Beverley頭上得分，那就能在多數球員身上得分。

"A few times I missed shots and he was like, 'That's off!!! I told you he was gonna miss!!!' And I'm just looking at him like, the objective is to win Patrick. I'm not really gonna get into this but it makes the game a lot more fun."

Kyrie Irving on being guarded by Pat Bev  https://t.co/EoT5BuQVTJ pic.twitter.com/ZIeqcG2MTf

—  (@_Talkin_NBA) January 31, 2023

Irving在賽後採訪中說道:「Beverley總是試圖去激怒你，有些人可能會受他影響，不過對我來說，我很享受他帶來的競爭精神，如果你可以在他頭上得分，那你就可以在聯盟很大一部分人面前得分了，這就是我想對他表達的尊重。但是從我的經歷上看，這樣的事情已經不算新了，我歡迎各種挑戰，我就是一直對他說，我的目標就是贏球。」

本場比賽，Irving上場37分鐘，攻下26分、7籃板、6助攻、2抄截、1阻攻。