First the medical report. Kyrie Irving broke his face in four places last week: three fractured bones beneath his left eye and another toward the left side of his nose. Masked Kyrie is back.
That said, Irving practiced for the first time on Tuesday and, everyone said, practice changed.
“I think there was another level of energy and competitiveness,” Atkinson told writers after practice. “It’s great. I think great players push all of us to be better.”
“I think the energy level has always been great,” DeAndre Jordan added, according to Kristian Winfield.