Kyrie Irving will be able to play at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center after New York City has lowered its current mandate against COVID-19 and allow exemptions for athletes and entertainers. In other words, the Brooklyn Nets will be able to count on one of their great stars to fight for the ring in the playoffs. A ‘signing’ that turns to those of Steve Nash in favourites… although at the moment he hasn’t given the expected return.
The point guard, who has won his battle against vaccines, celebrated his freedom with a great game against the Memphis Grizzlies with 43 points and eight assists. A performance that confirms the good moment that the most controversial player is experiencing this season in the NBA. Irving averages 44 points and 62% accuracy in field goals (80% in True Shooting) in their last four games. Big numbers that shake the NBA… except for the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Tennessee franchise has the measure of the Brooklyn superteam and he doesn’t even need his superstar Ja Morant to defeat the New York teamto which they have won all five games they have met this season. A demonstration of the solidity of a squad that perfectly personifies the meaning of the word team.
Desmond Bane and De’Anthony Melton each contributed 23 points for a Grizzlies that destroyed the New Yorkers from 3-point range (19 of 38) to add their fifteenth victory of the season without Morant (15-2) and demonstrate that their candidacy for everything this season is not a flower of a day.