Irving, who insisted on playing, was too fierce, and the Nets and Magic game was still in progress, ESPN commentator Perkins excitedly wrote on his personal social media account. As a famous big mouth, Perkins recently criticized Owen on social media about Owen's various things, why did his attitude suddenly change by 180 degrees, from Irving's black powder to a fan?
The answer is simple, with Owen's performance on the court to conquer Perkins, but also to conquer many fans who were not accustomed to him before. In the game against the Orlando Magic, Irving, who rarely played for the team once, blasted 60 points on the road, not only leading the team to a 42-point advantage, but also breaking the team's scoring record. And the recent explosion of Irving is not the first time to play such a performance, just a few days ago in the game against the Hornets, he just scored a high score of 50 points. Irving, who is in such a hot state, not only makes fans sigh Ou Shenxian, but also wants to directly lock in the championship? In this issue, the perch will talk about Irving, who has recently received high scores, and his previous gossip.
At the beginning of the season or even in the middle of the season, no one would have imagined that Irving would play such a explosive performance on the court today, and the reason why Irving was not popular at that time was due to his self-sufficiency personality and his strange behavior. Once upon a time, Irving was also a very popular high-quality idol in the league, but all this changed after he left the Cavaliers that year. In the 2017 Finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors met again, but this time it was the Warriors who laughed at the end.
After the Cavaliers lost 4-1, team leader LeBron put his arm around Irving on his way back to the dressing room and kept telling him we would be back next year. But Owen didn't think so, and he thought that maybe it was time to leave. Owen has Kobe's shadow on his body, and he is not willing to play in leBron's shadow for a long time. After all, Irving was once a distinguished champion, and the Cavaliers were also his team. But after the return of the little emperor James, James undoubtedly became the leader of the team, and Irving could only be relegated to the second place.
Perhaps because he has already won the championship, I don't know when, Irving suddenly made up his mind to leave Cleveland, so he submitted a trade application to the team in the offseason of 2017, and threatened that if the team did not trade him, he would have surgery to make himself directly reimbursed for the next season, such a tough attitude, although Irving finally achieved his goal, but also let his wind ratings take a sharp turn, he was not only sprayed on social media, but also enjoyed the same treatment as LeBron that year, burned jerseys by fans.
However, compared to these, what makes Owen more sad is probably the frustration on the court. Irving, who came to Boston, returned to the boss throne, but he did not play the performance that people expected, and Irving at this time was the same as when he led the team in the Cavaliers, although the personal data is very good, but the team's record is difficult to break. In the first year in Boston, Irving missed the entire playoffs due to injury, and in the 18-19 season, healthy Irving made his first playoff appearance as a leader, but he led the team to only play the second round of the East with young talents such as Tatum and Brown, and his own performance was difficult to say, averaging 21.3 points per game and shooting only 38.5%. At this time, Irving had a conflict with the young players of the Green Army, and his leadership ability was questioned by fans.
Amid the boos, Owen decisively left Boston and eventually reunited with Durant in Brooklyn. Since joining the Nets last season, Irving's demonization behavior has not stopped, and the criticism of him by fans has always been around him. Especially this season, the stubborn Irving has been reluctant to get vaccinated, even if it costs him tens of millions of dollars and can no longer play for the team. In the face of Irving's behavior, although Durant, Harden and other teammates did not say anything in the face of affection, but the fans are not used to it, so Irving's social media was once again attacked. The major news media also criticized him, accusing him of not being professional enough as an NBA player.
Over time, Irving could play away games for the team after the change in the epidemic prevention policy, but this did not make the Nets' situation better. Due to Irving's part-time status, the team's other two core players, Durant and Harden, have to play for a long time almost every game, and the high load of use has caused them both to suffer injuries. So under the intrusion of injured soldiers, the Nets' record is terrible, and Harden, who is eager to win the championship, also has plans to leave at this time. After Harden was traded to the 76ers, Irving became the target of public criticism without doubt, almost everyone believed that he did not play to cause Harden to leave, Perkins said bluntly in the show, Irving always refused to communicate with Harden, it is because of his series of bad behavior that Harden decided to leave.
In the face of widespread criticism, Irving seems to have long been accustomed to his entire career battling these unfriendly voices, and it was in this situation that Irving broke out without warning, playing 37.5 minutes in the away game against the Hornets, shooting a total of 19 shots, hitting 12 goals, including 9 of 12 three-pointers, and efficiently cutting 50 points to lead the team to victory. And a week later in the game against the Magic, Irving's performance was even more crazy, the feel was hot, and the fire was full of fire as soon as it came up, all kinds of ultra-far three-pointers, fantasy pull bars, dry pull shots, and at the end of the half, Irving had unbelievably cut 41 points, and Chamberlain got a hundred points that year, Chamberlain just scored 41 points at halftime.
In the second half, Irving, who continued the fiery state, continued to output on the court, he first broke through the layup, played 2+1, and then shot a 3-point shot at the top of the arc, and in the final quarter, as he hit a difficult stop three-pointer, Irving's final score was fixed at 60 points, and the game also entered garbage time early, and Irving, who was replaced, pointed to the sky, and then hugged Durant tightly, seemingly venting the accumulation of emotions since this time. Perhaps Irving, who has a stubborn personality and eccentric behavior, is no longer as pleasing as before, but the gorgeous Uncle Drew has never changed his desire to win on the court. We can question his part-time playing behavior, but we must also admit that the Nets are a strong contender for the championship when Irving and Durant are on the court at the same time.