With Kyrie Irving hurt, the Nets need more from struggling Caris LeVert. More minutes, more scoring, more everything. And Monday he gave it to them.

LeVert’s best performance in months led the Nets to an easy 119-97 rout of the Suns before 14,891 at Barclays Center. The fact it came facing the team he got hurt against was icing on a sweet payback cake.

“Yeah, I think so. It’s definitely good to see the ball go through the basket, be aggressive like I was. But the most important thing is we got the win,” said LeVert, who had game-highs of 29 points and seven assists in his first start since that Nov. 10 loss in Phoenix.

The last time the Nets faced the Suns (20-30), they lost 138-112 and lost LeVert to a thumb injury that cost him 24 straight games.

LeVert filled Irving’s All-Star sized shoes with aplomb. His assists were a season-high. His points matched a career-high set Nov. 2, 2018 against Houston.

“I just feel like I was aggressive. Obviously I played a little more minutes with some guys out, so it was good getting out there playing,” LeVert said. “It felt good. It especially felt good to get the win.

“We talked about it before the game how they beat us last game and we had to get that one back. We would like to protect home court, so we definitely needed to get that win.”

The Nets were in the middle of a 19-2 run that turned a 59-58 nail-biter into an 18-point cushion in the third quarter. Then LeVert watched Mikal Bridges tumble to the floor trying to guard him, and drilled a 3 in the Phoenix forward’s face for a 103-82 lead in the fourth.

Considering the Nets will be without Irving for at least another week, this bodes well.

“Great timing. We needed it, especially with Ky going out,” coach Kenny Atkinson said. “He did it on both ends. The Devin Booker defense was excellent and, of course, offensively really, really carried us. So great timing there.”

Booker entered the game having scored at least 29 points in 11 straight games, but LeVert helped hold him to just 11 points on 3 of 15 shooting, and a game-low minus-22.

“Just try to make all his catches tough,” LeVert said. “He’s a relentless scorer.”

Before the game Atkinson had acknowledged they needed more from LeVert. Afterward, the coach admitted maybe he should have taken the training wheels off his young guard earlier.

“He’s our firstborn, right? We drafted him and we’ve seen him play at an All-Star level for stretches, so I know, we know, it’s there when he’s feeling healthy,” Atkinson said. “I was super cautious bringing him back in the beginning and should’ve let him maybe sprout his wings a little more and make a few more mistakes. So that’s a little bit on me.”

LeVert entered the game averaging just 11.1 points on 34.4 percent shooting since returning from thumb surgery.

The Nets were clinging to a 59-58 lead after a Bridges score, before blowing the game open with that 19-2 run.

Cheick Diallo scored to get Phoenix within 65-60. But the Nets reeled off 13 unanswered points. Taurean Prince (15 points) hit two 3s in the spurt, and closed it with a steal and transition layup for a 78-60 cushion.

“The green light is the greatest drug known to man. As Caris continues to know he’s going to get minutes, knows he’s got the green light, he’s our third star, we’re hoping to continue to see performances like that,” Spencer Dinwiddie said.