On March 9, Beijing time, the East ushered in a card battle, the Charlotte Hornets at home to meet the Brooklyn Nets, which is a contest between the eighth and ninth in the East, so the importance of this game is self-evident. Prior to that, the Hornets had a two-game winning streak and the Nets suffered four straight losses. In this game, Irving and Durant are two stars together, and the offensive ability is not bad. In the first quarter, Brown took the lead for the Nets, and then Irving joined forces with Durant to hit two three-pointers, and at the end of the first quarter, the Nets dominated the attack, leading the opponent by 14 points at 34-20.
Entering the second quarter, Clarkston's second offense won, Mills also rained three points, Irving did not hesitate to let go, even with frequent scoring, half-time battle, the Nets 69-43, the point difference to 26 points, Irving cut 20 points at halftime. Easy side to fight again, Irving firepower did not decrease, even the sudden shot scored 11 points, Rochelle chased the three points to color, but Johnson then returned 2 points from mid-range, soon, the three-ball received Rozier pass also hit the three points, only 20 seconds later, Rozier turned over the difficult back to win again, the game was suspended.
The timeout came back, Rozier made all three free throws, Irving used the cover to score 2 points from mid-range, Oubre also had a mid-range, Dragic used the opponent's mistake to quickly attack and counterattack to take 2 more points, then Martin's three-point splash, the third quarter ended, the Hornets chased the score to 84-100. In the final quarter, Irving came up to hit three points, Harrell joined forces with Oubre to take 4 points to stop the bleeding, but Ou Wenyi was bold, grabbed a quick attack and hit four hands, Oubre was not willing to show weakness, and even shots suddenly scored 4 points, however, Irving felt hot, three points and a hundred steps through Yang, the Hornets were stopped.
After the timeout, Oubre rained three points, Curry returned the favor with three points, Irving made a foul, three free throws and two shots, after that, The Bridge basket returned 2 points, and soon, Mills received the bottom corner of the three separate flowers, Oubre steals the dunk to stop the bleeding, at this time, Durant stood up, drifted the board 2 points, Rochel converted the offense to play 2+1. In the last 5 minutes, Chuang Shen won the basket, Xiaoqiao teamed up with Harrell to score 4 points, and the Nets were suspended. In the decisive moment, Irving hit another shot, Xiaoqiao stopped bleeding with three points, Irving made two free throws, and in the end, the Nets won 132-121.
After this game, the Nets ended a four-game losing streak, with a record of 33 wins and 33 losses, rising to eighth in the East, and the Hornets ended their 2-game winning streak, with a record of 32 wins and 34 losses, slipping to ninth in the East. In this game, Irving played 37 minutes, 15 of 19, 9 of 12 from three points, bombed 50 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, let people see the familiar Uncle Drew, excellent performance also let him create three records, the first record, these 50 points set a new Record for his Nets career scoring record, the second largest record, 9 three-pointers set a new Career Record for the Nets; the third record, Irving's 50 points set a new record for all teams against the Hornets this season; Durant played 39 minutes, 6 of 13, Contributed 14 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.
Zhuang Shen dreamed of returning to the peak, he only played 24 minutes, 7 of 13, cut down 20 points and 14 rebounds, let people see the shadow of the familiar rebounding king in the past. In addition, Brown had 14 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, Curry 9 points, and Mills 12 points. On the Hornets side, Rozier scored 30 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, Bridges 30 points, Ball 24 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, Martin 8 points, Oubre 15 points and 5 rebounds, harrell 6 points and 5 rebounds.