In an NBA game that ended this morning, the Nets won 150-108 on the road to the Magic, and the team won four straight. Irving's performance in this game was amazing, he only played 34 minutes, shooting 20 of 31 shots, including 8 of 12 three-pointers, 12 of 13 free throws, cut a game-high 60 points, and grabbed 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 1 block, plus or minus of +36.
In the first half, Irving played 22 minutes and 40 seconds, shooting 19 of 14, including 6 of 7 three-pointers, 7 of 7 free throws, 41 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, under his leadership, the Nets led the Magic by 30 points at the end of the half, and the victory or defeat of the game lost suspense early.
Irving's 41 points at halftime stunned many players, and James tweeted: "Stop dude! Actually, please don't stop (smiling and crying expressions)." Batum couldn't believe his eyes, saying "Irving scored 41 points in the first half? Thomas Jr. praised Irving as "a young version of Kobe!" Basketball Game Master! ”。 Fournier praised Owen highly, "Irving is the most skilled player in history, and this does not even need to be argued".
Famous journalist Skip said: "Irving played kobe bryant 81 points that game of both sense, he is the best scorer of all time", basketball commentator Perkins said that "letting Irving play part-time is a tyrannical thing", broadcasters suggested that if the magician wants to win, he will lock Irving in the locker room, and even the Magic fans have turned their backs, shouting "We want to see Irving".
Players, media reporters and fans' reactions all illustrate how rare a half-time score of 40+ is and how difficult it is to cut a 40+ at halftime, with only three players cutting 40+ at half-time in the last 25 years, and Irving only second with 41 points at halftime, the other two being Kobe Bryant and Klay Thompson.
Bryant scored 42 points in the first half, a regular season game on March 28, 2003, when the Lakers played against the Wizards, which was also Kobe's last meeting with Jordan. In this game, Kobe Bryant scored 55 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, shooting 51.7% from the field and 69.2% from three-point range.
It is worth mentioning that Kobe Bryant scored 42 points in the first half, and he told Jordan with a brilliant performance, "I can take over your mantle". However, 42 points is not Kobe's half-time scoring record, 42 points is only his scoring record in the first half, his scoring record in the second half is 55 points, and in that game he slashed 81 points, leading the Lakers to reverse the Raptors in the second half, and 81 points also became the second highest single-game score in NBA history, second only to Chamberlain's single-game 100 points.
Third-highest-scoring player in the first half was Klay Thompson, who scored 5-of-5 from the field in the first half when the Warriors played against the Pacers at home, thompson, who played just 18 minutes in the first and second quarters, shooting 15-of-22, including 5-of-9 from three-point range and 5-of-5 from the free throw line, and scored 40 points in the first half, breaking his previous halftime scoring record, before which he had scored 39 points at halftime.
Zach LaVine also almost scored 40+ points in the first half, it was a regular season game on April 9, 2021, the Bulls against the Hawks, LaVine scored 10 points two minutes after the game, he scored 14 points at the end of the first quarter, and he did not rest in the second quarter, shooting 8 of 12 in a single quarter, including 5 of 6 three-pointers, and 25 points in a single quarter.
By the end of the first half, LaVine had scored 39 points, shooting 13-of-19 from the field, including 7-of-9 from three-point range, and the Bulls led the Hawks by 13 points under his excellent play. Unfortunately, in the second half, the Hawks frantically wrapped up Lavin, and Lavin's teammates could not use the empty opportunity to punish the opponent, resulting in the Hawks' defense of LaVine becoming more and more fierce, Lavine only scored 11 points in the second half, and got 50 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, and the Bulls were reversed by the Hawks.
After the inventory, back to Irving, Irving also had a very good performance when he played the Hornets before, and today he scored 60 points on the head of the Magic, in his absence days, he did not stay away from basketball, he has been training, the competitive state has been very good, if one day he is no longer a player, in the home and away games can play, then the Nets are still very competitive.