Kyrie Irving made his season debut after missing the first 35 games, scoring 22 points to help lead the Brooklyn Nets to a comeback win over the Indiana Pacers.
"It was an opportunity to bring [Irving] back in the fold and use a resource that we have that we weren't using," Steve Nash told reporters Wednesday."So, everything has been in flux this season and last season so I think there's the other case to it, too. We have been adaptable. We've found solutions. We've found ways to work through situations. We're going to bring him back in now.
It was the just the 15th game that Irving, Durant and Harden were on the court together, and first since June 5, 2021, when the Nets faced the Bucks in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. It was a slow start for Irving, who took and missed the first shot of the game. He went scoreless in the first after shooting 0-for-3 from the field and had two turnovers in the quarter. It was Pacers guard and Brooklyn native Lance Stephenson, fresh off signing a 10-day contract to return to Indiana, who stole the show early.Irving's first bucket came on a pull-up jumper in the paint early in the second quarter.
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