MILWAUKEE - Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving reversed course and praised the experience of playing on the Milwaukee Bucks' throwback court after Boston's win Thursday night at at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena.
Irving scored a season-high 24 points and added seven assists while helping the Celtics to a 96-89 triumph during the Bucks' "Return to the MECCA" night, which featured the teams playing a nationally televised game on a new court that was painted like the team's famed Robert Indiana-designed floor in the arena that hosted the team from 1968-1988.
Before Boston's shootaround on Thursday morning, Irving made headlines by questioning the safety of the floor and suggested, "This is not the same NBA court I'm used to playing on.