BROOKLYN, N.Y. — “That Kobe mentality, Mamba mentality. I had to keep going.”
Kyrie Irving played his second game since his friend, his mentor, Kobe Bryant passed away. In his honor, Irving dropped 54 points on 19-of-23 shooting — the second most in Nets history and the third most in his career. He led the Nets in a huge 133-118 win over the Chicago Bulls, their second straight win and their third in the last four games.
The only other players in NBA history to drop 50+ points while shooting that well: Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan.