As things stand, Kyrie Irving will only be able to play 7 of the Nets’ final 21 games of the season. Each meeting is therefore precious for the leader of Brooklyn, and the one in Milwaukee was particularly so, to take revenge on the Bucks who had taken out the New Yorkers during the last playoffs… with an injured Kyrie Irving.
“There were a lot of emotions during the preparation for this match”, explains the leaderwhose last campaign ended in Game 4 of the conference semifinals at the Fiserv Forum when his ankle spun on Giannis Antetokounmpo’s foot. “Just because I haven’t been back since. I tried my best not to let my emotions take over, even if it happened. But just being back took a load off me, being healthy, winning and knowing that maybe we could find them. “
Author of 38 points at 14/26 shooting, plus 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Kyrie Irving bluffed Goran Dragic, for their first game together in the jersey of the Nets.
“When you look at Kyrie Irving, you have the impression that he is in a video game” explains the Slovenian, author of 6 points and 2 assists. “It’s crazy to see how he moves and how he makes such complicated shots. We were just talking about the fact that it was a great victory for us but when we get KD and Simmons back, these guys who can score and defend, it will make the team totally different. “
With this great victory, the upcoming returns of Kevin Durant and Ben Simmons, Kyrie Irving also had a smile because the mayor of New York, Eric Adams, intends to quickly lift the health restrictions. Enough to allow the leader to find the Barclays Center in the coming weeks.
“I’m glad things are calming down and there’s light at the end of the tunnel. Hopefully, I can get back on the floor of the Barclays Center and we can finally have that conversation you’ve been dying to have in order to move on and move on. But like I said, I’m not the only one. I sympathize with anyone in my boat or a similar boat or who has suffered any kind of trauma from all of this. And I wish everyone the best, always… And as everything calms down in Covid cases, the most important thing for me was to make sure everyone was okay. I always said it wasn’t about me, that I didn’t want to look like I wanted to be the center of the world, but the circumstances this year haven’t been ideal. “
| Kyrie Irving | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2011-12 | KEY | 51 | 31 | 46.9 | 39.9 | 87.2 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 18.5 |
| 2012-13 | KEY | 59 | 35 | 45.2 | 39.1 | 85.5 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 22.5 |
| 2013-14 | KEY | 71 | 35 | 43.0 | 35.8 | 86.1 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 20.8 |
| 2014-15 | KEY | 75 | 36 | 46.8 | 41.5 | 86.3 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 21.7 |
| 2015-16 | KEY | 53 | 32 | 44.8 | 32.2 | 88.5 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 19.6 |
| 2016-17 | KEY | 72 | 35 | 47.3 | 40.1 | 90.5 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 25.2 |
| 2017-18 | BOS | 60 | 32 | 49.1 | 40.8 | 88.9 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 24.4 |
| 2018-19 | BOS | 67 | 33 | 48.7 | 40.1 | 87.3 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 23.8 |
| 2019-20 | BRK | 20 | 33 | 47.8 | 39.4 | 92.2 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 27.4 |
| 2020-21 | BRK | 54 | 35 | 50.6 | 40.2 | 92.2 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 26.9 |
| 2021-22 | BRK | 14 | 36 | 45.2 | 36.8 | 92.5 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 24.1 |
| Total | 596 | 34 | 46.9 | 39.1 | 88.2 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 22.9 | |
