The Brooklyn Nets meet the Memphis Grizzlies for the 1st time this season with a 7:30 p.m. Eastern tip Friday at Barclays Center. Here’s how to catch it all.
The Brooklyn Nets look to snap a four-game losing streak when they host the sliding Memphis Grizzlies Friday night at Barclays Center. Memphis comes in losers of its last three games.
The Nets (8-14) have gone 0-3 on their current four-game homestand and have lost five straight in all at Barclays Center.
The Grizzlies (12-8) have followed a five-game winning streak with an overtime loss on the road to the LA Clippers followed by losing at home to the New York Knicks and Toronto Raptors.
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The Nets lost Wednesday night at home to the Utah Jazz 101-91 after entering the fourth quarter with an eight-point lead. The Jazz swamped Brooklyn 31-13 in the final period as the Nets shot just 2-for-17 with seven turnovers in the final 12 minutes.
Spencer Dinwiddie led the Nets with 18 points in 22 minutes before fouling out. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds, Jarrett Allen added 14 points and 10 boards and Ed Davis also recorded 10 rebounds.
D’Angelo Russell finished with 14 points on 6-of-25 shooting, while logging seven assists and three steals, and Joe Harris also had three thefts. Brooklyn had season lows in points (91), shooting percentage (34.9 percent) and assists (11) in the loss.
Memphis surrendered a 17-point third-quarter lead in their 122-114 loss to Toronto on Tuesday, with the Raptors outscoring the Grizzlies 29-17 over the final quarter. Toronto took the lead for good on Kyle Lowry‘s 3-pointer with 4:35 remaining.
Marc Gasol had 27 points and two blocks for Memphis, while Mike Conley finished with 20 points, six assists, three steals and two blocks. JaMychal Green went for 13 points and seven rebounds off the bench.
The Nets are 22-21 since the Grizzlies entered the NBA in 1995, which includes a 7-3 record from 1995-2001 when the Grizzlies were located in Vancouver.
The New Jersey Nets set the standard for most consecutive wins in the series, winning the first six meeting against the Vancouver Grizzlies from Feb. 2, 1996, to Feb. 24, 1998. The Grizzlies have won five in a row twice, most recently from Jan. 14, 2015, to Feb. 13, 2017.
Brooklyn posted the highest scoring game in the series in a 122-109 win at Memphis on March 6, 2017, with the most lopsided win going to Memphis in a 110-63 win over New Jersey at home on Dec. 13, 2003.
The Nets’ biggest win in the series came at East Rutherford in a 92-74 victory on Jan. 2, 2002.
Stephon Marbury has the most points in a game in the series, dropping 42 in a loss at Vancouver on Jan. 27, 2000. Vince Carter‘s 37 points in a win at East Rutherford on Dec. 11, 2006, are the most by a Net against the Grizzlies since they moved to Memphis.
Anthony Peeler scored 40 points for Vancouver in a loss at East Rutherford on Feb. 4, 1997. Since moving to Memphis, Mike Conley has scored 32 twice against the Nets, most recently on March 6, 2017, in Brooklyn.
Since moving to Brooklyn in 2012, the Nets are 5-7 against the Grizzlies, with Joe Johnson‘s 26 points in a Nov. 30, 2013, victory at Memphis the best individual scoring effort.
*-Historical research courtesy of Basketball-Reference.com.
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Memphis Grizzlies at Brooklyn Nets
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Time: 7:30 p.m. Eastern
TV: YES Network
Live stream: NBA League Pass
The skinny
Season series: First meeting (Brooklyn won last season, 2-0)
Records: Memphis (12-8, 6th in West), Brooklyn (8-14, 10th in East)
Scoring: MEM 103.6 (29th), BKN 109.3 (17th)
Defense: MEM 102.0 (1st), BKN 111.0 (19th)
Off. Rating: MEM 106.5 (21st), BKN 109.2 (11th)
Def. Rating: MEM 104.9 (5th), BKN 110.4 (22nd)
Pace: MEM 96.25 (30th), BKN 99.82 (24th)
Shooting: MEM 45.6% (15th), BKN 44.6% (21st)
3-point: MEM 36.6% (6th), BKN 35.3% (15th)
Opponent shooting: MEM 45.0% (10th), BKN 46.3% (19th)
Opponent 3-point: MEM 35.8% (18th), BKN 34.6% (12th)
Injuries
Memphis: QUESTIONABLE–Marc Gasol (left ankle soreness); OUT–Joakim Noah (just signed), Dillon Brooks (left knee sprain), Chandler Parsons (right knee soreness).
Brooklyn: QUESTIONABLE–Joe Harris (left adductor soreness); OUT–Treveon Graham (left hamstring strain), Caris LeVert (subtalar dislocation, right foot).
Last meeting
March 19 at Brooklyn: Jarrett Allen’s cutting dunk off a feed from Allen Crabbe put Brooklyn up for good with 6:31 remaining as the Nets erased a seven-point fourth-quarter deficit in a 118-115 win at Barclays Center.
Crabbe scored 22 points for the Nets, as did reserve Caris LeVert. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds, while D’Angelo Russell went for 14 points, seven assists and two blocks.
Spencer Dinwiddie had six assists off the bench for the Nets and Quincy Acy blocked two shots in a reserve role.
Andrew Harrison scored 19 points eight eight assists for the Grizzlies. JaMychal Green added 14 points, 16 rebounds and three steals, while Briante Weber finished with 15 points and three steals.
Brooklyn outscored Memphis 31-21 in the fourth quarter after the Grizzlies took a seven-point lead into the quarter by outpacing the Nets 31-22 in the third period.
What’s next?
Memphis: at Philadelphia, Sunday; vs. LA Clippers, Wednesday; at New Orleans, Dec. 7
Brooklyn: at Washington, Satirdau; vs. Cleveland, Monday; vs. Oklahoma City, Wednesday