On January 20, Beijing time, Irving played his best game since his return. Throughout the game, he shot 13-of-23 and had a season-high 30 points and seven assists to save the Nets.
In this battle, Irving is also a new high: 1, the halftime 22 points season high, but also on May 6, 2021 against the Lone Ranger half-time scored a new half-time scoring record high. 2. The whole game scored 30 points, which is also a new season high.
Despite being suspended by the Nets and absent from the game for a long time, as soon as he returned to the court, Irving was still the same Irving, and he didn't seem to have any sense of strangeness.
In the previous 4 games, Irving had 3 of them bombed 20+ and scored 27 points in the last game. Against the Wizards, the first half of the game, Irving went crazy.
With 1 minute and 44 seconds left in the half, in the face of Pop's defense, Irving broke through to the basket with the ball, sideways confrontation was pushed by the opponent, the body was unbalanced and still threw the shot, and also made a foul, completing 2 plus 1. Not long after, facing Dinwiddie, Irving pulled away the single, and after continuous shaking, suddenly turned around and drifted backwards to shoot, steadily hitting. Immediately after, facing Kuzma, Irving moved his back-up jumper and still hit.
This wave of offense brings Irving's outstanding personal skills to life. In fact, he exploded in the first quarter of the game, making 5 of 7 in the quarter and scoring 12 points and 4 assists. In the second quarter, he continued his fiery feel. At half-time, Irving scored 22 points on 9-of-12.
According to statistics, this is the fourth 20+ of the five games Irving has participated in, and it is the highest score in the first half after scoring 25 points at halftime against the Lone Rangers on May 6, 2021. Although Irving's scoring efficiency declined in the third quarter, he had 26 points by the end of the third quarter.
It is worth mentioning that from the 2018-19 season to date, of the players who have played at least 140 games, Irving is the only player in the league to shoot more than 46% from the field, averaging at least 20 points, 6 assists and 1 steal per game, and the other three are James, Jokic and Fox.
Unexpectedly, the Nets, who once led by 16 points, were chased by their opponents to only 1 point in the fourth quarter, and Irving stood up and broke through the difficulty of the layup hit, scoring a new season high. He then faced Kuzma's defense, pulled on a layup and scored again, arriving with the first 30+ of the season. In the end, the Nets also had the last laugh.