Career best, four games

Irving has his best four-game stretch since 2015-16

Kyrie Irving averaged 43.8 points and 5.8 assists over four games from March 8 to 23, shooting 58 for 94, and the Nets went 3-⁠1.

By Performance Score the four add up to +70.6, the best four-game stretch of his 403 games since 2015-⁠16.

The best of them was 60 points and 4 steals at Orlando on March 15, +30.5. He went 13 for 18 at the rim, 8 for 13 in the paint and 9 for 17 from mid-range. His 144 points from the field came on 94 shots, 46.9 more than the league scores from the same zones. Kevin Durant set up 7 of his 58 baskets.

His old best four, +60.3, came March 6 to 15: 37.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists a game, 3-⁠1.

The four games

Game	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TO	+/−	PS
March 8, 2022at CHA	W 132-121	38	50	3	6	1	1	15-19	9-12	11-13	3	+14	+22.6
March 10, 2022at PHI	W 129-100	30	22	4	5	1	2	8-17	5-11	1-2	1	+27	+6.1
March 15, 2022at ORL	W 150-108	35	60	6	4	4	1	20-31	8-12	12-13	1	+36	+30.5
March 23, 2022at MEM	L 120-132	44	43	2	8	1	1	15-27	6-11	7-7	3	−5	+11.5
Four games	3-1	147	175	15	23	7	5	58-94	28-46	31-35	8	+72	+70.6

PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.

His shots, all four games

His shots: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange. Click any shot for the play.

Kyrie Irving

175 PTS · 58-94 FG · 28-46 3P · 31-35 FT

58-94 FG 61.7%28-46 3P 60.9%

144 points from the field on 94 shots: 46.9 more than the league scores from the same zones.

By zone, against the league
Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	13-18	72.2%	65%
In the paint	8-13	61.5%	43%
Mid-range	9-17	52.9%	41%
Corner 3	8-8	100.0%	38%
Above-the-break 3	20-38	52.6%	35%

His old best four

Game	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TO	+/−	PS
March 6, 2022at BOS	L 120-126	37	19	4	6	3	0	8-18	2-6	1-1	3	−5	+1.1
March 8, 2022at CHA	W 132-121	38	50	3	6	1	1	15-19	9-12	11-13	3	+14	+22.6
March 10, 2022at PHI	W 129-100	30	22	4	5	1	2	8-17	5-11	1-2	1	+27	+6.1
March 15, 2022at ORL	W 150-108	35	60	6	4	4	1	20-31	8-12	12-13	1	+36	+30.5
Four games	3-1	140	151	17	21	9	4	51-85	24-41	25-29	8	+72	+60.3

His shots: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange. Click any shot for the play.

Kyrie Irving

151 PTS · 51-85 FG · 24-41 3P · 25-29 FT

51-85 FG 60.0%24-41 3P 58.5%

126 points from the field on 85 shots: 38.6 more than the league scores from the same zones.

By zone, against the league
Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	11-16	68.8%	65%
In the paint	4-9	44.4%	43%
Mid-range	12-19	63.2%	41%
Corner 3	6-7	85.7%	38%
Above-the-break 3	18-34	52.9%	35%