Kyrie Irving hangs 50 on Hornets to push Nets back to 8th seed

Great players rarely have two straight off games. Tuesday night gave the world a reminder: Kyrie Irving is one of the all-time greats. This is what happens when Irving, fresh off a subjectively average game in the Nets’ loss in Boston, plays like the star he’s proven to be. He hung a season-high in both points scored and threes made on the Hornets in a must-win game to power the Nets to a 132-121 victory in Charlotte on Tuesday. Irving came out a man on fire, quite possibly because he matched up against Terry Rozier – his former backup point guard in Boston, the scorer who believed he sacrific…

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