Pacers’ guard Lance Stephenson and Nets’ guard Kyrie Irving will both make big returns on Wednesday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
All of the national attention will be on Kyrie’s expected return, as Shams Charania reports, which will see the roundball wizard play his first game since Game 4 of the NBA Finals last season when he had 11 points and two assists in just 17 minutes of play due to an ankle injury which ended his season at the time.
Kyrie has since been sidelined by his refusal to get a COVID vaccine jab which conflicts with a local New York city mandate requiring anyone over 5 years old to be vaccinated to enter the Barclays Arena.