Nets fans had to be of two minds as they watched Kyrie Irving explode for 50 points in Brooklyn’s 132-121 victory in Charlotte on Tuesday night. First was one of jaw-dropping marvel. Irving was spectacular, hitting on 15-of-19 shot attempts (only Adrian Dantley in 1980 put up a 50-burger with fewer field goal attempts in NBA history), including 9-of-12 from behind the three-point line, which translated to an effective field goal percentage of 102.6%. One guy tweeted that Kyrie broke analytics.
The city's mandate at this point seems vindictive, a "You will comply" top-down bit of nasty retribution. A message to us plebes.
Agreed--wrote about it on 2/27 (check out the archives!)