BOSTON -- Celtics star Kyrie Irving returned after missing two games with an eye injury and scored 17 points in Boston's 116-95 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night.
Irving missed two games after scratching both corneas in a collision Dec. 31 at San Antonio. Boston won both -- against Minnesota and Dallas -- while Irving was out.
He leads the team in scoring and assists, averaging 23.1 points per game and 6.6 assists going into Monday's game.
Forward Marcus Morris and rookie center Robert Williams also returned Monday. Morris, who missed the last game with a stiff neck, scored 12 points in 26 minutes. Williams, who missed the previous six with a strained left groin, had 2 points in a limited appearance.
Celtics coach Brad Stevens said center Aron Baynes, sidelined since mid-December after surgery on a broken left finger, "will be re-evaluated next week, and the earliest he would play would be mid- to late next week."
