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Kyrie Irving scores 29 as Nets stop depleted Raptors

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Kyrie Irving scored 19 of his 29 points in the third quarter and the visiting Brooklyn Nets defeated the injury-depleted Toronto Raptors 112-98 Wednesday night.

Royce O’Neale added 15 points and seven assists for the Nets, who were coming off a road loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday after winning two in a row.

Nic Claxton had 14 points, 12 rebounds and four blocked shots for Brooklyn. Kevin Durant added 12 points, seven rebounds and three blocks while Ben Simmons contributed 14 points on 7-for-9 shooting.

Gary Trent Jr. scored 19 points for the Raptors, who have lost two in a row. O.G. Anunoby added 15 points, Chris Boucher had 12 points and 16 rebounds but shot just 2-for-15 from the field. Thaddeus Young had 12 points, eight rebounds and five assists, Juancho Hernangomez had 10 points and 10 rebounds and Jeff Dowtin Jr. chipped in with 10 points.

Brooklyn took a 15-point lead into the fourth quarter after outscoring Toronto 39-25 in the third quarter.

O’Neale’s 3-pointer bumped Brooklyn’s lead to 19 points with 9:33 to play in the fourth quarter. Irving hit a 3-pointer with 4:42 to play to increase the margin to 20 points.

Brooklyn led 38-26 after one quarter after being ahead by as many as 15 points.

Toronto scored the first 13 points of the second quarter capped by Young’s layup with 9:03 remaining to take a one-point lead. Brooklyn went back up by seven, capped by a pair or Edmond Sumner layups. Toronto scored the final six points of the first half, finished by Trent’s two free throws that trimmed the lead to 52-51.

Trent had 14 first-half points and Anunoby had 13. Durant and O’Neale each had nine points for Brooklyn.

Brooklyn used a 10-0 run finished by Simmons’s dunk to lead by 13 points with 8:16 left in the third quarter. The lead reached 17 on Claxton’s dunk with 5:24 left. Brooklyn led 91-76 after Young completed the third-quarter scoring with a layup.

Toronto was without Scottie Barnes (sprained knee), Fred VanVleet (illness), Dalano Banton (sprained ankle), Pascal Siakam (adductor strain), Precious Achiuwa (sprained ankle) and Otto Porter Jr. (dislocated toe).

Brooklyn was without Seth Curry (ankle injury management), T.J. Warren (ankle) and Yuta Watanabe (tight hamstring).

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