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In an instant, Barclays Center went from quiet to raucous. The atmosphere was dead one moment and thunderous the next. “Ky-rie, Ky-rie” chants could be heard in all parts of the arena.
All it took was Kyrie Irving checking back into the game. The crowd was no longer worried about a collapse, not with the team’s new superstar putting on a show this building has rarely seen from one of its own.
Hours after coach Kenny Atkinson stressed the important of the Nets piling up wins, calling it “money time,” Irving performed with that very sense of urgency in mind.