Brooklyn Nets’ star guard Kyrie Irving has long been one of the NBA’s most electric scorers. Sunday night, Final day of 2020-21 NBA Regular Season, Irving locked in a rare ’50-40-90′ season with shooting percentages of 50.6% on field goals overall, 40.2% on 3-pointers and 92.2% from the free-throw line.
He becomes the ninth player to do so, notably joining teammate Kevin Durant (51.0/41.6/90.5 in 2012-13 for OKC) as the fifth to manage it while averaging at least 25.0 ppg.
The other seven are: Larry Bird (2x), Mark Price, Reggie Miller, Steve Nash (4x), Dirk Nowitzki, Stephen Curry and Malcolm Brogdon.
This is Irving’s second season with Brooklyn, and first playing alongside Durant and James Harden, who was acquired in a January trade with the Rockets. The Nets finished the year as the East’s No. 2 seed, and will take on the winner of the Eastern Conference’s 7-8 matchup in this week’s State Farm NBA Play-In Tournament.
Kyrie also becomes 5th player in the NBA history to average 25.0 ppg along with 50-40-90 stat line.
Players to shoot 50-40-90 & average 25.0 ppg in NBA History
| PLAYER | TEAM | SEASON | FG% | 3P% | FT% | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyrie Irving | BKN | 2020-21 | 50.6 | 40.2 | 92.2 | 26.9 |
| Stephen Curry | GSW | 2015-16 | 50.4 | 45.4 | 90.8 | 30.1 |
| Kevin Durant | OKC | 2013-13 | 51.0 | 41.6 | 90.5 | 28.1 |
| Larry Bird | BOS | 1987-88 | 52.7 | 41.4 | 91.6 | 29.9 |
| Larry Bird | BOS | 1986-87 | 52.5 | 40.0 | 91.0 | 28.1 |
