Irving leads undermanned Nets past Jazz

Kyrie Irving scored 20 of his 29 points in the first half to lead the undermanned Brooklyn Nets to a 130-96 win over the Utah Jazz Tuesday.

Brooklyn, which entered the game having lost two straight and four of five, never trailed. The Nets led 35-14 after the first quarter and 63-44 at halftime. Brooklyn’s 19-point halftime lead was its biggest in about 10 months. In the Nets’ 139-120 win over San Antonio on Mar. 6,

2020, they had a 21-point (75-54) halftime lead.

Irving was a prime factor in the Nets’ first half attack, scoring 18 points in the first quarter and 20 by halftime.