{"id":1366173,"date":"2022-03-09T07:41:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T12:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1366173"},"modified":"2022-03-09T07:47:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T12:47:21","slug":"kyrie-irving-puts-up-50-points-to-help-nets-snap-four-game-skid-with-win-over-hornets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyrie-irving-puts-up-50-points-to-help-nets-snap-four-game-skid-with-win-over-hornets\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyrie Irving Puts up 50 Points to Help Nets Snap Four-Game Skid With Win Over Hornets"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkyrie-irving-puts-up-50-points-to-help-nets-snap-four-game-skid-with-win-over-hornets%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1366173&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2014 It was written all over Kyrie Irving\u2019s face, clear in his countenance. The Nets had a must-win game, and he delivered a master class.<\/p>\n<p>Irving carried Brooklyn <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/08\/nets-statement-win-makes-you-think-irving-durant-is-enough\/\">to a much-needed 132-121 win<\/a>, doing it with a performance so spectacular he had not just Nets fans but some Hornets fans among the 17,230 at Spectrum Center cheering.<\/p>\n<p>The All-Star guard poured in a season-high 50 points. He helped spot Brooklyn to a 34-point cushion, and did it with such efficiency it actually looked easy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt felt like a must-win night,\u201d Irving said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m not saying that the other nights didn\u2019t feel like that, but you\u2019ve just gotta go into that deep place where you aren\u2019t distracted by anything that\u2019s going on and there\u2019s a goal at hand when you step out there. I just get less talkative and I have a look on my face where I\u2019ll do what\u2019s needed for us to get this win and join a collective group and just sacrifice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His teammates could see that look, and they knew it spelled trouble \u2014 for Charlotte. After Irving had played below his standards in Sunday\u2019s loss at Boston \u2014 as the Celtics fans chanted \u201cKyrie sucks!\u201d and booed his every touch \u2014 he bounced back brilliantly to break Brooklyn\u2019s four-game skid.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/1383197230.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/1383197230.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Nets\" class=\"wp-image-21462217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/1383197230.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/1383197230.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/1383197230.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Kyrie Irving scored 50 points in the Nets\u2019 win over the Hornets on Tuesday night.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was impressive enough even Kevin Durant, who had a quiet 14 points, could only clap in appreciation.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cEverything he does is pure. It looked so easy,\u201d Durant said. \u201cI [saw] it in his eyes to start the game. You know he wanted to play better last game, so he came out here and wanted to impact the game from the start. He led us all night, he hit big shots when we needed to. And it was just incredible, incredible performance. \u2026 That was just a master class.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Irving shot 15 of 19 overall and 9 of 12 from deep, historic efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s tied for the second-fewest shots in a 50-point game behind Adrian Dantley\u2019s 17 in 1980. And it was Irving\u2019s second 50-point night on 75 percent shooting. The only men who\u2019ve done it more? Wilt Chamberlain (eight times) and Michael Jordan (three).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s incredible. It\u2019s a career highlight reel every night. We obviously have a special player on our hands,\u201d Steve Nash said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust as a professional in this game, there are plenty of positions where we have to respond.\u201d Irving said. \u201cObviously I didn\u2019t play my best game in Boston. I was quoted the other day saying I was real emotional, and every time I step foot in there, it just is what it is. I\u2019m human. We just wanted to have a fresh start.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/1239038565.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/1239038565.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=691\" alt=\"Nets\" class=\"wp-image-21462244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/1239038565.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=691 691w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/1239038565.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=345 345w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/1239038565.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1000w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Kyrie Irving drives to the basket during the Nets\u2019 win over the Hornets on Tuesday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t trying to go out there and get 50, it just ended up happening and the energy and the flow of the game allowed it to happen. That makes for some special team wins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This one will be special because of how vital it was for play-in positioning.<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn moved into eighth in the East, a game ahead of the Hornets and Hawks.<\/p>\n<p>Andre Drummond had a season-high 20 points and 14 rebounds, as Brooklyn led by as much as 34.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets looked as cohesive early on as they have at any point this season. They had their second-highest scoring output of the season, handed out 33 assists (two shy of their season-high) and hit 18 of 35 from deep.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s their best performance from behind the arc since Joe Harris got hurt.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets led 69-43 after a first half that saw them hold the Hornets to 3 of 17 from 3.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Brown (14 points, eight rebounds, five assists) made a running layup to pad the cushion to 79-45 with 9:52 left in the third. Then the Nets took their foot off the gas.<\/p>\n<p>Miles Bridges and Terry Rozier had 30 each for the Hornets, who never got closer than the final margin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know we\u2019re fighting for our lives every game to try to get in the playoffs, stay in the play-in,\u201d Durant said. \u201cWe know how important every game is, so it\u2019s good to get a \u2018W.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2014 It was written all over Kyrie Irving\u2019s face, clear in his countenance. The Nets had a must-win game, and he delivered a master class. 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