Kyrie Irving on his emotions at the free-throw line after injury: I started thinking about my predecessors, especially Kobe

Kyrie Irving: I’m tearing up at the free throw line, and I could just sense that my body was in shock. And the moment that I got up there and dribbled, I was thinking about thanking God from the outset—right from the start. But I just started thinking about all my predecessors. Especially Kobe. You know, at that moment, I could feel the sense of—my season is done. I’m hurting. I’m crying. I got millions of people watching me. I got millions of people praying for me. I got millions of people that are involved in this journey with me—so they’re feeling the same pain that I’m feeling. They might not feel the physical pain, but they’re feeling the pain I’m feeling. And I just wanted to be strong
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