The Brooklyn Nets put the longest current winning streak in the NBA, 7 games, on the line Friday at Barclays Center against the Indiana Pacers.
Two of the hottest teams of late in the NBA collide at Barclays Center Friday night when the Brooklyn Nets — owners of the NBA’s longest current winning streak at seven games — take on the Indiana Pacers, who just had a seven-game win streak snapped on Tuesday.
The Nets (15-18) matched the longest winning streak in the franchise’s Brooklyn era with a 96-93 road victory over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday. The Nets also won seven straight from Jan. 2-15, 2013.
The Pacers (20-12) have lost their last two, including a 99-96 road loss to the Toronto Raptors Wednesday night.
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Joe Harris finished a drive with a floating bank shot with 43 seconds left and Spencer Dinwiddie made a game-saving steal with 2.3 seconds to go to help Brooklyn hold off the Bulls at United Center.
Dinwiddie led the Nets with 27 points. Jarrett Allen went for 16 points and 12 rebounds and Harris finished with 11 points and four assists.
Bojan Bogdanovic‘s long 3-pointer with one second left Wednesday was off target — although the NBA did determine after the fact that Bogdanovic was fouled by Toronto defender OG Anunoby. Toronto took the lead on Fred VanVleet‘s 3-pointer with 26.4 seconds remaining.
Victor Oladipo scored 20 points with four assists for Indiana, while Myles Turner finished with 10 points, 14 rebounds and five blocked shots. Domantas Sabonis added 12 points and 10 boards and Darren Collison also dished out four assists.
The teams came to the NBA as part of the merger with the ABA in 1976, with the Nets just 72-105 against the Pacers since then. In the ABA, the Nets were 37-44.
Indiana has the longest winning streak in the series at 10 straight from Nov. 17, 2009, to Feb. 16, 2012. The Pacers have also won the last eight meetings with Brooklyn.
The longest streak for the Nets was seven games from April 10, 1982, to April 17, 1983.
The highest scoring game overall by a team in the series was the New Jersey Nets in a 147-138 win at East Rutherford on Oct. 30, 1985, in a game that took three overtimes to decide. The Nets’ highest total in regulation came in a 140-131 loss at Indianapolis on Oct. 18, 2017.
That game also represents Indiana’s top total in the series. The Pacers have the most lopsided win between the teams, a 124-92 win at Indianapolis on Jan. 28, 2011. The Nets’ largest margin came in a 115-86 victory at East Rutherford on April 10, 1982.
John Williamson has the individual scoring mark in the series with a 50-point outburst at Indianapolis on April 4, 1978. Indiana’s best individual total was 43 from Jalen Rose at East Rutherford on Oct. 30, 2001.
Since moving to Brooklyn, the Nets are 7-16 against the Pacers. Deron Williams has the high individual game with 33 points at Indianapolis on April 12, 2013.
The largest margin of victory since the Nets move was a 110-85 win by the Pacers at Indianapolis on Dec. 27, 2014. Brooklyn’s largest win was a 123-111 victory at Indianapolis on March 21, 2015. Oladipo’s 38 on Dec. 23, 2017, at Indiana is the highest total by a Pacer against Brooklyn.
*-Historical research courtesy of Basketball-Reference.com.
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Indiana Pacers 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: Indiana leads 1-0
Records: Indiana 20-12 (4th in East), Brooklyn 15-18 (10th in East)
Scoring: IND 105.9 (25th), BKN 110.6 (16th)
Defense: IND 100.8 (1st), BKN 111.2 (18th)
Off. Rating: IND 107.2 (20th), BKN 109.9 (12th)
Def. Rating: IND 102.2 (2nd), BKN 110.2 (20th)
Pace: IND 98.70 (26th), BKN 99.55 (23rd)
Shooting: IND 47.3% (8th), BKN 45.2% (21st)
3-point: IND 37.1% (5th), BKN 35.7% (9th)
Opponent shooting: IND 43.6% (1st), BKN 46.9% (22nd)
Opponent 3-point: IND 34.8% (12th), BKN 35.0% (14th)
Injuries
Indiana: QUESTIONABLE–Tyreke Evans (bruised right knee).
Brooklyn: OUT–Allen Crabbe (sore right knee), Treveon Graham (left hamstring strain), Caris LeVert (subtalar dislocation, right foot), Dzanan Musa (left shoulder subluxation).
Last meeting
Oct. 20 at Indianapolis: The Pacers took the lead for good with an 11-2 run to close out the first half and turned the game into a rout with a 13-0 run early in the fourth quarter on the way to a 132-112 drubbing of the Nets at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Victor Oladipo finished with 25 points and four steals for Indiana. Myles Turner added 14 points and eight rebounds, Kyle O’Quinn went for 16 points, eight boards and two blocks and Cory Joseph notched 12 points and six assists. Tyreke Evans contributed 15 points and three steals.
Indiana had nine players in double figures, despite missing backup center Domantis Sabonis with a bruised right knee.
Caris LeVert scored 19 points for Brooklyn. Ed Davis posted eight rebounds and two blocks, while D’Angelo Russell chipped in 12 points and seven assists.
What’s next?
Indiana: vs. Washington, Sunday; at Atlanta, Wednesday; vs. Detroit, Dec. 28
Brooklyn: vs. Phoenix, Sunday; vs. Charlotte, Wednesday; at Charlotte, Dec. 28