Call him the road warrior. Or call him the best road act in the NBA.
New York City’s vaccine mandate prevents Nets fans from watching Kyrie Irving at Barclays Center, but the globe-trotting point guard made new fans in San Antonio as he danced around, across and on top of the Spurs to lead the Nets to a 117-102 victory at the AT&T Center on Friday.
In typical Irving fashion, the Nets guard blasted Gregg Popovich’s squad with flurries of scoring barrages. He finished with 24 points and four assists, scoring the Nets’ first eight points of the night, then going for 13 in the fourth quarter..