The Nets ran their winning streak to 11, beating the Hornets on Saturday night.
— Kyrie Irving scored 18 of his 28 points in the first half, Kevin Durant added 23 points and theran their winning streak to 11, beating the Charlotte Hornets 123-106 on Saturday night.
"We held them to 22 points in the first quarter, so we put our stamp on the game in a hurry," Nets coach Jacque Vaughn said."I think we were able to use or rotations and depth to extends our leads a little bit.Royce O'Neale and Nic Claxton added 14 points apiece for Brooklyn, Yuta Watanabe had 11 and T.J. Warren 10.
After Charlotte cut it to 71-65 early in the third quarter, Irving and Durant combined to score 11 of the Nets' next 13 points and sparked Brooklyn's 28-14 surge for a 97-79 lead entering the fourth quarter. "We've been in this position before so we knew what to do. And the first play out of the timeout, we executed and finished with a win."
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