Kyrie Irving on gold medal: This is by far the biggest accomplishment of my life’
Team USA capped off an extremely impressive performance in the FIBA World Cup with a 129-92 victory over Serbia in Sunday’s Gold Medal Game. Cleveland Cavaliers’ point guard Kyrie Irving was named the tournament’s MVP.
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Irving called the gold medal the biggest accomplishment of his career.
This is by far the biggest accomplishment of my life,” Irving told Rigas Dardalis of Euro Hoops. “It’s amazing and I did it with a bunch of guys that I will call my brothers for the rest of my life”. And for coach Kryzewski this was also a tournament to remember: “This is been a great group to work with. I am proud of them, they stayed focused, they respected the process and as it turned out, the process was really good. I don’t see a gap with international basketball. The score indicates that it was a dominating performance, but we had to work. We always feel that we may lose the next game”.
Irving, of course, hopes to top that this season now that he is playing with LeBron James and Kevin Love.
Irving put up 20.8 points, 6.1 assists, 3. rebounds and 1.5 steals per game while shooting 43.0% from the field, 35.8% from beyond the arc and 86.1% from the free throw line. In his three-year career, he’s gone for 20.7 points, 5.8 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game while shooting 44.7% from the floor, 37.8% from three and 86.2% from the charity stripe.
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