BROOKLYN – When teammates analyze how Tyreke Evans plays at peak form, instead of using conventional terms out of a textbook, the words tend to be more informal, more descriptive of a man who simply knows how to get buckets.
“He’s a hooper, man,” guard Jrue Holiday said after Thursday’s 104-95 New Orleans win at Brooklyn, which was sparked significantly by Evans. “He’s going to find any way possible to score.”
“I was very happy to see him out there ballin’ like that,” forward Terrence Jones said, smiling.
Nearly a year after undergoing left knee surgery last winter, which forced him to miss 10-plus months of basketball during the rehabilitation process, Evans was a force to be reckoned with in Barclays Center, erupting for 21 second-half points.