Kyrie Irving
LeBron James couldn't contain his glee after Kyrie Irving's dagger 3-pointer
Kyrie Irving

LeBron James couldn't contain his glee after Kyrie Irving's dagger 3-pointer

Published Apr. 22, 2016 9:57 p.m. ET

It took some fairly liberal use of the Hack-A-Shaq strategy against Andre Drummond and a clutch shot from Kyrie Irving, but the Cleveland Cavaliers knocked off the Detroit Pistons on Friday to take a 3-0 first round series lead.

With just 0.7 seconds on the shot clock and in the final minute of a close game, Irving nailed a glorious triple from the corner that secured the Cleveland win:

And after the dagger, LeBron James absolutely lost his mind:

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It's quite an improvement over the last time the Cavs had a remarkable interaction between James and Irving -- to say nothing of the Houston Rockets' late-game response from Thursday night which took the internet by storm.

On a night like Friday, it's good to be the King.

 

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