Brooklyn Nets vs. Philadelphia 76ers: Live stream, TV info, injury report
By Phil Watson
The Brooklyn Nets Sunday night meet the Philadelphia 76ers for the 2nd time this season for a 6 p.m. Eastern tip from Barclays Center. Here’s how to watch.
The Brooklyn Nets will look to stop a two-game skid Sunday evening when they host the Philadelphia 76ers at Barclays Center for a 6 p.m. Eastern start.
This will be the 76ers’ final visit to Brooklyn after the teams met at Barclays on Nov. 4 and is the second meeting of the season between the clubs.
Both teams come in off losses. Brooklyn (8-12) fell at home to the Minnesota Timberwolves Friday afternoon 112-102, while the 76ers (13-8) lost at home for the first time all season when they dropped a 121-112 decision to the Cleveland Cavaliers Friday night.
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Joe Harris and Spencer Dinwiddie scored 18 points each for the Nets in the loss to Minnesota, with Dinwiddie adding eight assists. DeMarre Carroll added 13 points and seven rebounds.
Joel Embiid had 24 points and 12 rebounds for Philadelphia in their loss to the Cavaliers, with J.J. Redick adding 23 points before fouling out. Jimmy Butler scored 22 points before leaving with a sprained ankle and Ben Simmons finished with 22 points and 10 assists.
The Nets are 82-111 against the 76ers since entering the NBA in 1976 and the 76ers have the longest stretch of consecutive victories in the series, taking eight in a row from Nov. 6, 2009, to April 1, 2011.
The Nets have won four straight in the series three times, most recently from Feb. 3 to Dec. 12, 2014.
Philadelphia had the highest-scoring game between the teams in a 142-107 win at The Spectrum on Feb. 5, 1986, which was also the 76ers’ largest win against the Nets. Brooklyn’s best output was in a 141-117 win at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center on April 4, 2017.
The Nets also have the most lopsided victory in the series with a 130-94 win in Brooklyn on Dec. 16, 2013.
The highest-scoring individual performance in the series was a 44-point outburst from Bojan Bogdanovic in Brooklyn’s 131-114 homecourt victory on March 15, 2016.
The 76ers have had a pair of 43-point performances. Charles Barkley dropped 43 on the New Jersey Nets on Feb. 19, 1988, in a 115-100 win at Philadelphia and Allen Iverson matched that in a 110-102 win in Philly on March 1, 2002.
Brooklyn leads the series 14-11 since moving to the borough in 2012.
*-Historical research courtesy of Basketball-Reference.com.
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Philadelphia 76ers at Brooklyn Nets
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Time: 6 p.m. Eastern
TV: YES Network
Live stream: NBA League Pass
The skinny
Season series: Brooklyn leads 1-0
Records: Philadelphia (13-8), Brooklyn (8-12)
Scoring: PHI 113.5 (9th), BKN 109.4 (t-17th)
Defense: PHI 113.6 (24th), BKN 110.8 (16th)
Off. Rating: PHI 107.9 (15th), BKN 109.3 (12th)
Def. Rating: PHI 108.0 (t-14th), BKN 110.3 (23rd)
Pace: PHI 103.14 (7th), BKN 99.73 (24th)
Shooting: PHI 45.7% (13th), BKN 44.5% (21st)
3-point: PHI 34.6% (18th), BKN 35.1% (t-15th)
Opponent shooting: PHI 44.4% (6th), BKN 46.2% (t-17th)
Opponent 3-point: PHI 34.2% (t-10th), BKN 34.4% (12th)
Injuries
Philadelphia: QUESTIONABLE–Jimmy Butler (left ankle sprain); OUT–Jonah Bolden (cortical crack, right fibula), Markelle Fultz (wrist/right shoulder), Zhaire Smith (fractured left foot), Justin Patton (fractured right foot).
Brooklyn: OUT–Caris LeVert (right foot dislocation), Treveon Graham (strained left hamstring).
Last meeting
Nov. 4 at Brooklyn: The Nets erupted for 41 points in the third quarter and outscored the 76ers 71-50 after the break in a 122-97 romp as Philadelphia surrendered 39 points on 28 turnovers on the night.
D’Angelo Russell and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson scored 21 points apiece for Brooklyn, with Russell adding six assists. Caris LeVert pitched in 20 points and four steals, Jarrett Allen went for 15 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks and Spencer Dinwiddie had 12 points and eight dimes.
Ben Simmons led the 76ers with 20 points to go with 12 rebounds and four steals. Joel Embiid added 16 points, 15 rebounds and four assists.
Brooklyn scored 104 points over the final three quarters after putting up just 18 in the first.
What’s next?
Philadelphia: vs. New York, Wednesday; vs. Washington, Friday; vs. Memphis, Dec. 2
Brooklyn: vs. Utah, Wednesday; vs. Memphis, Friday; at Washington, Saturday.