The Christmas period is an opportunity to spend time with the families and it turns out that for Kyrie Irving this was an opportunity to celebrate the team he led for two seasons. The Brooklyn star played tonight (Friday through Saturday) for the first time against Boston, in TD Garden, and exploded with 37 points – the second highest number of the Ex Celtics to meet them for the first time – leading the Nets to 95: 123.
For those who do not remember, Irving Did not meet Boston last season as a Brooklyn player due to injury, but this time he was healthy and more how. “I’m just grateful that we’re all here and can play the game we love,” he said after the show. “Of course I’m also grateful to compete against these guys and the coaches who coached me a year and a half ago and we’re going to keep seeing them.”
And with all due respect to Kyrie, the whole of Brooklyn has provided a serious statement of intent with a style victory over one of the strongest teams in the East. The collaboration between Kyrie and Kevin Durant left Boston with no answers. “The Nets just threw fire at us,” the Celtics coach admitted Brad Stevens. “They have the deepest roster in the NBA and they are definitely candidates to be the best team in the league.”
And the American media is already full of compliments for Nets and especially for Durant – who provided 29 points. “A lot of things can go wrong, but Brooklyn looks unstoppable,” Sports Illustrated reported. “A lot of players who came back from an Achilles tendon rupture – like Kobe Bryant, Chonsi Billups and Wesley Matthews – looked like they lost something, but not Durant. The former MVP looks just like one.”
Mood in Brooklyn 😁 pic.twitter.com/8eIc4aopH1
– ESPN (@espn) December 26, 2020
Kyrie Irving x Kevin Durant tonight:
Kyrie – 37 PTS – 8 AST – 6 REB – 62 FG% – 7/10 3PM
Durant – 29 PTS – 3 AST – 4 REB – 56 FG% – 3/4 3PM
This duo is looking unstoppable. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/Dr4wElkuSg
– Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) December 26, 2020