Brooklyn Nets vs. Toronto Raptors: TV info, live stream, injury report

The Brooklyn Nets and Toronto Raptors meet for the 1st of 4 games this season when they collide Friday at Barclays Center. Here’s how to get connected.

The Brooklyn Nets will be looking to end a trio of losing streaks Friday night at Barclays Center when they host the Toronto Raptors for a 7:30 p.m. Eastern tipoff.

The Nets (8-18) have lost eight in a row overall, have lost their last eight games at home and have dropped 12 consecutive games to the Raptors (21-5), who enter the night with the best record in the NBA.

Brooklyn’s most recent loss was a gut-wrenching one, a 114-112 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder at home on Friday in which they led by as much as 23 points and were up by 20 early in the fourth quarter.

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The Nets were outscored 39-19 in the fourth period by the Thunder, who took the lead with 3.1 seconds remaining on a 3-pointer from Paul George.

Brooklyn had trouble with an inbounds play following a timeout and was unable to get a tip at the rim on a second inbounds with 0.1 second left.

Allen Crabbe scored 22 points for the Nets. Joe Harris added 19 in his return from a three-game absence with a hip injury, while D’Angelo Russell and Spencer Dinwiddie each logged 17 points, with Dinwiddie adding two blocked shots.

Jarrett Allen went for 15 points and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson had team-high totals of nine rebounds and six assists.

Toronto has won nine of its last 10, getting back on the winning track Wednesday at home in a 113-102 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.

Kawhi Leonard led the Raptors with 36 points, nine rebounds and five steals. Jonas Valanciunas added 26 points off the bench and Serge Ibaka finished with 18 points. Pascal Siakam added six assists and Kyle Lowry notched three steals.

The Nets are 39-50 all-time against Toronto since the Raptors began play in 1995, with the Raptors’ current 12-game winning streak — which began Jan. 6, 2016 — the longest by either team in the series.

The New Jersey Nets won four straight from Jan. 10-April 12, 2003.

Each team’s highest-scoring game was set in a 137-136 triple-overtime win by the Nets in London on March 5, 2011.

The Nets’ highest total in regulation came in a 130-115 victory at East Rutherford on Feb. 13, 1998, while the Raptors posted theirs in a 132-113 win at Toronto on Jan. 13, 2017.

The most lopsided game in the series was a 106-69 win by Toronto at East Rutherford on Nov. 2, 2007. The Nets had their biggest win at East Rutherford on Jan. 15, 1996, in a 108-83 victory.

Two players hold the single-game high with 42 points. Vince Carter turned the trick for New Jersey against his former team in Toronto on Jan. 8, 2006. Chris Bosh had 42 for the Raptors in an overtime loss at Toronto on Nov. 21, 2008.

In regulation games for the Raptors against the Nets, Carter holds the mark with 39 points, which he did three times, most recently on Oct. 29, 2003, at Toronto.

Since the Nets moved to Brooklyn in 2013, they are just 7-17 against the Raptors. Brook Lopez scored 35 points for Brooklyn in a loss at Toronto on March 8, 2016, although Lopez and Jarrett Jack each reached that total in an overtime loss at Barclays Center on Jan. 30, 2015.

*-Historical research courtesy of Basketball-Reference.com.

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Here is how to connect to the action between the Nets and Raptors on Friday.

Toronto Raptors 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 (Toronto won last season 4-0)
Records: Toronto (21-5, 1st in East), Brooklyn (8-18, t-11th in East)

Scoring: TOR 116.4 (4th), BKN 108.7 (19th)
Defense: TOR 108.0 (7th), BKN 111.1 (16th)

Off. Rating: TOR 113.7 (3rd), BKN 108.2 (16th)
Def. Rating: TOR 106.0 (7th), BKN 110.2 (22nd)
Pace: TOR 101.34 (13th), BKN 99.42 (24th)

Shooting: TOR 49.0% (2nd), BKN 44.1% (26th)
3-point: TOR 34.4% (21st), BKN 34.8% (19th)

Opponent shooting: TOR 44.3% (6th), BKN 46.4% (19th)
Opponent 3-point: TOR 33.3% (6th), BKN 34.5% (11th)

Injuries

Toronto: QUESTIONABLE–Malachi Richardson (sinusitis); OUT–Norman Powell (left shoulder subluxation).

Brooklyn: OUT–Treveon Graham (left hamstring strain), Caris LeVert (subtalar dislocation, right foot).

Last meeting

March 13 at Brooklyn: The Nets couldn’t hold a 15-point first half lead as the Raptors took control after intermission, outscoring Brooklyn 59-35 in the second half en route to a 116-102 victory.

D’Angelo Russell led the Nets with a game-high 32 points and added seven rebounds and two blocked shots, with Rondae Hollis-Jefferson chipping in with 19 points and seven boards.

Caris LeVert scored 11 points to go with seven assists and three steals and Dante Cunningham had 10 points.

Jonas Valanciunas logged 26 points and 14 rebounds for Toronto, with Kyle Lowry adding 11 points and 11 assists and Jakob Poeltl blocking three shots. DeMar DeRozan and Fred VanVleet scored 15 points each, C.J. Miles added 12 and Delon Wright tossed in 10.

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What’s next?

Toronto: vs. Milwaukee, Sunday; at LA Clippers, Tuesday; at Golden State, Wednesday

Brooklyn: at New York, Saturday; at Philadelphia, Wednesday; vs. Washington, Dec. 14