Nets’ Kyrie Irving reacts to staff ‘having management’ in win over Knicks

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving didn’t have a very good recreation within the first three quarters of the Nets’ recreation towards the New York Knicks. Via the primary three intervals, Irving was 4-of-12 from the sector because the Knicks made certain to ship a second participant in direction of Irving every time he touched the ball.

Issues modified within the fourth quarter of Saturday’s 122-115 win over New York as Irving scored 21 factors of 8-of-15 taking pictures from the sector. He was in a position to get to wherever he wished to get to on the ground and he was in a position to hit some threes within the remaining interval as effectively.

Nonetheless, Irving acknowledged that what made Saturday’s win spectacular was that everyone else on the staff performed effectively. 4 different Nets scored not less than 10 factors and each participant who touched the ground for Brooklyn scored not less than 5 factors, which went a great distance towards the staff’s dominating first half. Irving spoke after the sport about how a lot he loves it when everyone on the staff performs effectively:

“I felt like we had management many of the recreation, offensively and defensively. Simply had some beauty in transition and simply wished to make them (the Knicks) play on their heels somewhat bit. Within the second half, Jalen Brunson got here out very aggressive in that third quarter. So, it paced them somewhat bit. However, as soon as we received in that fourth quarter, we began out on like a 6-0 run or 8-0 run. I knew we had some good momentum. We simply needed to stick with it. So, I used to be simply doing the little issues, simply attempting to tempo us, make some well timed photographs, a number of in and outs that I felt have been purported to go down, however they didn’t. However, we received stops, well timed stops and saved them off the free throw line somewhat bit in that fourth quarter and made it robust within the half courtroom.”