Stephen A. Smith argues that the Dallas Mavericks' season is effectively over following the injury to Kyrie Irving.

“the second Kyrie went down it's over they're not going to win any kind of Championship this year let's get that out the way right now it's not going to happen”

Losing your best player early in a game makes it extremely difficult for a team to recover and win.

“But uh you know, when you lose your best player, Chad would tell you, you lose your best player that early in a game, you were never able to recover.”

A player's body will eventually force them to rest regardless of their willingness to push through injuries.

“you plays all this basketball because you don't rest your body. Shannon, Oo, Joe, your damn body is gonna rest you one way or the other.”