“I’ve played with quite a few bigs. I had Timofey Mozgov, I had Tristan (Thompson) in Cleveland. When I was in college I had Mason and Miles Plumlee,” Irving said. “So, you know, having a consistent lob threat at the rim, where you can throw it around the rim and he can go get it, you can see how easy it is for me and Rob. You know going in and people are stepping up on me and he’s always a threat at the rim for (the) offensive rebound and lob. So, I love playing with Rob.”

The two connected on a sweet lob in the first quarter when Williams finished it off with a two-handed dunk.

Irving and Williams already seem to have great chemistry so extra time together certainly won’t hurt, especially while the team is without Baynes, Al Horford and Marcus Morris.