On January 6, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Nets played against the Pacers. Irving shot 9-of-17 for the entire game, with 22 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 block, filling the data column and making a comeback debut to help the team reverse by 19 points, almost perfect.
After 206 days, Irving finally returned to the court and ushered in the debut of the new season. Returning to the court was quite exciting for Irving, and when he warmed up before the game, he also completed a two-handed dunk.
Before the game began, Owen also deliberately walked to his father, hugged his father tightly, and a bright smile appeared on his face. However, as Nash expected before the game, "we don't want to completely hope that Irving will end the team's 3-game losing streak and hope that he will be free to play." ”
Irving, who has been in the lineup for a long time, needs time to find his feelings. The Nets left Irving alone in the first round, and unfortunately, the withdrawal jumper missed. After that, Irving broke through and turned around and threw, eating turning the Turner nail board cap. Throughout the first quarter, Irving shot 0-of-3.
With 11 minutes and 08 seconds left in the second quarter, Irving hit his first goal, and in the face of Stephenson's defense, Irving retreated and hit a jumper, which was picturesque. He then made two fouls and two shots, and with the help of Clarkston's cover, hit another jumper. Immediately after, Irving counterattacked to break through the layup. At 1 minute and 59 seconds, Irving scored 8 straight points.
Irving is also getting better, the third quarter of the Nets' final attack, Irving received a pass from Mills, fake action to shake the opponent, and then dry pull jump shot, press the whistle hit, he is also excited to shake his fist and roar.
Back on the field in the fourth quarter, Irving stopped a jump shot as soon as he came up. Immediately after, he hit the jump shot again. It is worth mentioning that Irving also signaled Durant to open up space for himself to single out, and the result was a jump shot that was stable and quite confident.
With 3:15 left, Irving counter-attacked to break through the layup and stop the Pacers. The timeout came back, Irving pulled a layup hit, and after that, the Pacers also collapsed, and the Nets completed a 19-point reversal.