Kyrie Irving right now is virtually carrying his team. He is the magical dribbler, versatile scorer, rebounder, facilitator and defensive stalwart. He is averaging 23.3 PPG, 7.3 RPG and 7.0 APG over the last three games. He has two veteran All-Stars on his squad, but one (Gordon Hayward), is still not 100% and the other (Al Horford) is nursing a knee issue. John Havlicek was in a similar position during the 1970-71 season.
John Havlicek in the 1970-71 season had rookie Dave Cowens in the fold and sophomore JoJo White.