Since you can't play at home, take 60 points on the road

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“We want Irving！We want Irving！”

When the Magic fans cheered like this, Owen sat off the court with a calm expression, while his teammates next to him were full of smiles.

Unfortunately, the difference between the Nets and the Magic is too big, and Irving no longer has to go up and show his scoring ability. As Skip put it: "If it wasn't Orlando, if it was a more competitive game, Carey might have gone for 70 points." ”

On March 16, the Nets visited Orlando and eventually beat the Magic 150-108. Irving scored 60 points alone, not only setting a new single-game individual scoring record, but also rewriting a number of NBA points in one fell swoop.

The most gorgeous solo performance in recent days, really might as well check out the Nets. Against the Hornets, 50 points, only 19 shots were used; against Philadelphia, Durant and Irving's data was not explosive, but the opponent was subdued; against the Knicks, Durant scored 53 points; against the Magic, Eurowen's career-high 60 points.

The next game is the Nets home, Irving can't play, but look at this game, as if Durant has booked the next 50+.

Speaking about his 60-point performance today, Irving said: "Because I can't play at home yet, I want to make sure I play A on the road. ”

Against the Magic, the Nets' offense was surprisingly smooth, and they scored 48 points in the first quarter, which was also a new first-quarter scoring record in the Nets' history.

The game was already spent at halftime, as the Nets led by 30 points at 86-56. Since then, the Nets have led by at least 20 points, eventually winning 42 points at 150-108 and ushering in a four-game winning streak.

The reason for this fluency is naturally because Irving has scored almost all the balls. 6 of 8 in the first quarter, 16 points; 8 of 11 in the second quarter, 25 points; 10 points in the third quarter, 51 points at the end of the third quarter; and only 3 minutes in the fourth quarter, 9 points.

In the whole game, Irving played a total of 35 minutes, shooting 20 of 31, 8 of 12 three-pointers, 12 of 13 free throws, 60 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and his plus-minus on the court was as high as +36, the highest in the team.

"Irving's performance is incredible." At the post-match press conference, Nash began his fancy touting, "I felt that his performance in the 12 minutes before the game was like a collection of highlight moments of my career. ”

Nash's sentiments are naturally well documented, and Irving only shot 14 goals in the first half of the game, and he had 41 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

And these balls are almost all fairy balls, either against the defender's strong shots, or a set of butterfly-worn dribbles, killing the high difficulty of the penalty area after dribbling.

How crazy was 41 points at halftime? It was the most NBA halftime score since Booker in 2017, who scored 51 points in the second half against the Celtics.

If you limit the time to the first half, only Kobe Bryant's 42 points and Klay's 40 points can match in the NBA's past 25 seasons.

Even the NBA's official half gives a set of statistics: Chamberlain, who once scored 100 points in a single game, scored 41 points before halftime. The implication should be understood by everyone.

Old Zhan also wrote on social media: "Owen, buddy, you stop! Really don't do that! ”

But the most gorgeous and representative goal for Irving today was the one he scored with 50 points.

At that time, Irving slipped when he broke through Cole Anthony, and almost lost his center of gravity, but he immediately got up and adjusted to pull the ball back, and this toe also caused Anthony behind him to fall to the ground, and then Owen forced the basket against the man, and finally hit the ball with a pull bar.

Although the Magic have been in a bad position for a long time, after the All-Star Game, their defensive efficiency is the third in the league, with 5 wins and 4 losses in the past 9 games, giving up 106.4 points per 100 rounds. But in front of Ou Shenxian, everything was just a floating cloud.

Exactly a day earlier, Timberwolves center Towns also scored 60 points, and with Irving's 60 points, for the first time since 1962, the NBA had two consecutive days of two players each scoring 60 points.

According to statistics, only two players in NBA history have scored at least 60 points with at least 60% shooting rate, 60% three-point shooting rate, and 90% free throw shooting rate, only yesterday's Towns and today's Irving.

As Durant exclaimed, "This alliance is a place where miracles happen!" While Irving and Towns are the league's only two single-game 60 points this season, the league's 50+ points have been common over the past period. In the past 10 days alone, there have been 7 50+ times.

They are: James 56 points, Tatum 54 points, James 50 points, Irving 50 points, Durant 53 points, Towns 60 points, Irving 60 points.

In addition to the 50+, the 40+ players grab a big hand. In March, for example, there have been 47 points from Curry, 47 and 46 points from Trae Young, 45 points from Clarkson, 44 points from Hart, 44 points from Middleton, 44 points from Tatum, 44 points from Fox, 43 points from Alphabet Brother, 43 points from Embiid, 42 points from Trent... This top scoring feast is really overwhelming.

But for Irving, if you just look at his performance on the court and don't think about what happens off the court, everything is perfect. Durant also said after the game: "Irving fans all over the world, so it is not surprising to get cheers on the road, it feels really great to see the fans love him." ”

This season, In 19 away games, Irving averaged 36 minutes per game, averaging 27.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists, as well as 1.4 steals, shooting 43 percent from three-point range, a 180-point shooting range.

But as payroll expert Bobby Marks put it: "After tonight, Brooklyn may need to apply to the NBA to switch home to Long Island or New Jersey." To this day, the word "part-time" has revolved around Owen.

New York has gradually liberalized its vaccination policy, allowing residents of The City to enter indoor restaurants, gyms and entertainment venues without vaccination, and even move freely without masks. So in the last Game of the Nets against the Knicks, Irving appeared at the Barclays Center for the first time as a "spectator."

But it was also that night that the Nets were fined $50,000 for breaking into the barclays center's locker room for violating regulations.

Because under New York's vaccine regulations on the "private sector," Owen could only appear in the audience.

The "private sector" here refers to the fact that for non-governmental sectors or departments that do not use government expenditure, their employees or employees who need to serve the public in person must receive at least one shot of the vaccine.

In other words, even if the epidemic policy in New York is relaxed, Irving still cannot play at home. According to the current epidemic prevention policy, in the remaining 13 games of the Nets, Irving can play only 3 games.

That's why Durant angrily erupted at the mayor after the last game, and Durant said: "It's ridiculous, I can't understand it at all. At this point in time, someone wants to make a statement or point fingers to show their authority. ”

After today's game, Irving also said: "I still believe that New York will relax the ban on vaccines and allow me to play home games this season. ”

And similar views collided and rubbed around the Nets throughout the season.

In the next game, the Nets played the Lone Ranger at home, and Irving said he would be on the sidelines, jokingly saying: "Maybe I should get a press card, interview like you guys, ask the players some questions, ask them how they feel." ”

At present, the Nets are ranked eighth in the East, and the win difference is not reached before and after, and it is most likely to appear in the playoffs. But when a team with two super scorers, a playoff team at the top of the league, the inner activity should not be small.

But fortunately, Philadelphia is now in third place in the East, and the wins can be attacked and defended, as long as they want, they don't have to worry about hitting the Nets too early. But when Durant and Irving scored 50+ consecutive games, I don't know how Harden felt.

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