Kyrie Irving

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving went off for a season-high 50 points in Tuesday's win over the Hornets in what teammate Kevin Durant called "an incredible, ...

Got off to a great start, just kept it rolling throughout the game. "As a professional in this game, I just feel like we're put into positions where we have to respond," Irving said. Irving's performance came after he struggled in a loss to the Boston Celtics on Sunday, shooting 8-for-18 and turning over the ball three times. Many in the Charlotte crowd gave him a standing ovation after he drained a floater to bring his total to 50. And I told Seth [Curry], I'm like, 'Damn, I didn't know he had it cookin' like that.' I seen it in his eyes to start the game. He hit an array of shots from all over the floor as his teammates continued to look for him and help him get looks.

Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday evening in North Carolina.

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As the Nets await the return of Ben Simmons, Kyrie Irving's part-time status could be about to change. On NBA Today, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski dropped the.

Even at their current stance (8th in the East), they are not a squad any team wants to face in the postseason. The fans who love Kyrie Irving should be sick. He wants to skip half the season, he wanna work when he wanna work. This is who he is. Kevin Durant should be sick. Smith. "Because you've got a bunch of fools out there that's raving about Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant clapping and all of that.

Kyrie Irving scored 50 points on 15-of-19 shooting with nine 3-pointers against Charlotte.

But it was consistently Irving who came up with the answer to dull the Charlotte momentum. Although you’d like to think we had the game in hand there’s still possessions where he kind of bailed us out from getting close to single digits. “Yeah. I’m not gonna sit here and lie to y’all,” said Irving. “I was aware, but just letting it come. It was the second-fewest field goal attempts in a 50-point game in NBA history after Adrian Dantley took just 17 shots on Oct. 31, 1980. In putting up his third 50-point game as a Net — there are eight others, but nobody else has done it more than once — Irving challenged the rarest feats in NBA history for volume and efficiency. At 5-10, 5-11 for him to score that easy, that was just a masterclass.”

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving reminded everyone just how lethal of a scorer he is on Tuesday night when he dropped 50 points in a win over the Charlotte ...

I told Seth, 'damn I didn't know he had it cooking like that.' I saw it in his eyes to start the game. That happened back in 2015 when he was still a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers and went 11-for-19 from beyond the arc in a 55-point performance in a win over the Portland Trail Blazers. In his previous four 50-point plus performances, Irving's needed an average of 31 shots to reach that benchmark, so his efficiency against the Hornets is astounding. "You just wanna really put your stamp on a game early and then be able to play the game the right way," Irving said after his stellar performance. The last time that happened was a season ago when he put up 40 points in a win over the Sacramento Kings while going 9-11 from deep. Irving went 5-of-7 from downtown and racked up 30 of his 50 points in the final two frames of action.

Kyrie Irving logged his highest scoring game in two years with 50 points, and the Nets held off the Hornets for a much-needed win.

"It makes for good stories, it makes for good narratives and good build up for our league. TIP INS: Nets — Durant was assessed a technical foul in the third quarter for pushing Rozier while trying to free himself up for an inbounds pass. UP NEXT: The Nets are at the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday night. It's never too personal, but we understand as competitors we want to win the game. "He made tough shots," Hornets coach James Borrego said. ... Those were really big shots he made in the second half, but overall he’s just an incredible player, shot maker." "I’m not saying the other nights didn’t feel like that, but you have to go into that deep place where you aren’t distracted by anything that is going on." "It was special," Seth Curry said. But Irving, as he'd done throughout the second half, thwarted the rally by knocking down a jumper. "He’s incredible. The Hornets didn't help themselves, repeatedly committing turnovers with lazy passes, including two by Ball on back-to-back possessions. He also was 11-of-13 from the free-throw line.