With tears trailing down his face, Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving limped to the line and made two free throws before he left the game against the Sacramento Kings on Monday night with an apparent knee injury.

Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd took issue with media speculation that Kyrie Irving’s heavy workload over the last month led to the nine-time All-Star’s season-ending knee injury

Kidd strongly pushed back against the notion that a heavy workload contributed to Irving suffering a season-ending ACL tear