Great players rarely have two straight off games. Tuesday night gave the world a reminder: Kyrie Irving is one of the all-time greats.
This is what happens when Irving, fresh off a subjectively average game in the Nets’ loss in Boston, plays like the star he’s proven to be. He hung a season-high in both points scored and threes made on the Hornets in a must-win game to power the Nets to a 132-121 victory in Charlotte on Tuesday.
Irving came out a man on fire, quite possibly because he matched up against Terry Rozier – his former backup point guard in Boston, the scorer who believed he sacrificed the most by Irving’s arrival via trade to the Celtics five seasons ago. The Nets All-Star reminded Rozier there are levels to basketball: He hit seven of his first eight three-point attempts and hit a season-high nine threes en route to 50 points, the most allowed by a Hornets opponent all season.
