Basketball peers, football stars react to Kyrie Irving's big game

— -- LeBron James, who scored 41 points himself, called Kyrie Irving's 41-point game one of the " greatest performances in [NBA] Finals history." Fellow athletes seemed to be in similar wonderment as Irving torched the Warriors as the Cavs closed out Game 5.

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The social awe is easy to understand given the 12 points Irving poured in in the final period, including some impressive  slicing and dicing.