Kyrie Irving wows Mavericks with lefty hook to sink Nuggets

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DALLAS -- One detail about the second game-winning buzzer-beater of Kyrie Irving's career caught the eight-time All-Star guard by surprise.

"I thought I got a little closer in the paint, but I looked at it after the game and I was pretty far out," Irving said after swishing a contested left-handed hook to give the Dallas Mavericks a 107-105 win Sunday afternoon over the defending champion Denver Nuggets.

The exact distance of the buzzer-beater, according to Second Spectrum tracking, was 20.1 feet. That ranks as the second-longest hook shot made by any player this season, per the NBA.com play-by-play data.

"Hell of a shot by Kyrie," said Nuggets coach…