On January 6, Beijing time, Irving officially returned, and then the Nets officially announced the starting lineup against the Pacers, Durant, Harden, Irving, Claxton and Duke Jr. started the game, which is the Nets' 16th starting lineup this season, the Nets' big three are combined for the first time this season, and Irving's comeback ushered in his season debut.
Before the game, Irving had shooting training, full of smiles and very happy, shooting and three-pointers are very good; after 7 months back on the field, Irving made his season debut, teaming up with Durant and Harden to start the game.
According to statistics, this is the 15th game (regular season + playoff) after the Nets big three team together, before the big three played at the same time in 14 games, the Nets 11 wins and 3 losses; due to injuries, epidemics and other reasons, the Nets three giants played together is indeed not much; today is the Nets' 36th game of the season, the big three finally fit together for the first time.
For Irving's comeback opening, Nash said: "Irving will play for a long time, but it is not expected to be more than 30 minutes; we will be watching in real time how he performed in the early stages of the game, he is ready; we really just want to see him back on the field and adapt to the environment. We don't want to put our hopes entirely on Irving to end the team's 3-game losing streak and hope he'll be free to play tonight.
Pacers coach Carlisle said Irving would play well on his comeback.
Irving finally returned, Ard will also play, the current Nets on the big list only Joe Harris can not play, the team only one injured person left, I have to say that the Nets full body lineup is coming back.