Brooklyn Nets vs. New Orleans Pelicans: TV info, live stream, injury report
By Phil Watson
The Brooklyn Nets return to action for the first time in 2019 Wednesday when they look for a season split against the New Orleans Pelicans.
The Brooklyn Nets will look to reverse a couple skids Wednesday when they host the New Orleans Pelicans at Barclays Center for a 7:30 p.m. Eastern tip.
The Nets (17-21) have lost two straight games since winning nine of 10 and they have lost three straight to the Pelicans (17-21), including a season sweep last season.
Brooklyn lost on the road Saturday to the Milwaukee Bucks 129-115 before getting a three-day break over New Year’s. New Orleans comes in off a 123-114 win at home over the Minnesota Timberwolves on New Year’s Eve.
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Shabazz Napier came off the bench to match a career-high with 32 points and added seven assists in the Nets’ loss at Milwaukee, while Kenneth Faried posted his first double-double since coming to Brooklyn with 21 points and 10 rebounds.
Jared Dudley added three steals and Jarrett Allen had two blocks in a game the Nets trailed by as much as 26 points before cutting the deficit to seven in the fourth quarter.
Julius Randle paced the Pelicans, who played without All-Star Anthony Davis, with 33 points and 11 rebounds in their win over Minnesota on Monday, while Jrue Holiday added 26 points and eight assists and Darius Miller matched a career-high with 21 points off the bench.
Elfrid Payton dished six assists for New Orleans.
The Nets are 15-20 all-time against the Pelicans, whose official history begins in 2002 after the relocation of the Charlotte Hornets to New Orleans. The Pelicans have won three in a row and nine of the last 10 meetings between the clubs.
While still in New Jersey, the Nets won six in a row over the then-Hornets from Feb. 2, 2004, to March 12, 2006. The Pelicans took six straight from March 24, 2014, to Jan. 12, 2017.
Brooklyn posted the highest-scoring game in the series in a 143-114 win at New Orleans on Jan. 20, 2017. The Pelicans’ best mark came in a 138-128 double-overtime win at Barclays Center on Feb. 10. Their most in regulation was in a 128-113 win at home on Dec. 27, 2017.
The Jan. 20, 2017, victory also marked the Nets’ largest in the series. The Pelicans’ biggest margin of victory came in a 111-91 win at New Orleans on March 10, 2015.
Vince Carter has the individual high with 46 points for the Nets in a Feb. 21, 2007, loss at East Rutherford. Anthony Davis scored 44 points in the double-overtime win on Feb. 10 for the Pelicans.
Their best mark in regulation was Davis’ 33 points in their Dec. 27, 2017, win at New Orleans.
In the Brooklyn era, the Nets’ top scoring effort was 33 points by Deron Williams in a win at New Orleans on Feb. 26, 2013, and matched by Brook Lopez in a Jan. 30, 2016, loss in the Big Easy.
*-Historical research courtesy of Basketball-Reference.com.
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New Orleans Pelicans 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: New Orleans leads 1-0 |
Category
New Orleans
Brooklyn
Records
17-21 (14th in West)
17-21 (9th in East)
Scoring
116.2 (2nd in NBA)
110.6 (16th in NBA)
Defense
115.3 (26th in NBA)
111.8 (22nd in NBA)
Off. Rating
112.3 (4th in NBA)
109.5 (13th in NBA)
Def. Rating
111.7 (26th in NBA)
110.5 (22nd in NBA)
Pace
103.33 (5th in NBA)
99.47 (22nd in NBA)
Shooting
47.5% (6th in NBA)
45.3% (21st in NBA)
3PT Shooting
35.1% (13th in NBA)
36.0% (8th in NBA)
Opp. Shooting
46.5% (21st in NBA)
46.9% (23rd in NBA)
Opp. 3PT
35.8% (20th in NBA)
35.5% (17th in NBA)
Availability
from NBA.com
New Orleans: PROBABLE–Anthony Davis (GI illness); OUT–Nikola Mirotic (right ankle).
Brooklyn: OUT–Allen Crabbe (sore right knee), Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (right adductor strain), Caris LeVert (subtalar dislocation, right foot), Dzanan Musa (left shoulder subluxation); G LEAGUE–Treveon Graham (assignment).
NOTE: Alan Williams‘ two-way contract was waived Wednesday afternoon.
Last meeting
Oct. 26 at New Orleans: Jrue Holiday gave the Pelicans the lead on a pull-up jumper from mid-range with three seconds left after a costly D’Angelo Russell turnover and New Orleans scored the final nine points of the game for a 117-115 victory over the Nets.
Brooklyn never got off a final shot.
After Ed Davis was called for a technical foul for a shove/flop by Pelicans forward Solomon Hill near the Nets’ bench during a timeout, Holiday converted the free throw with two seconds remaining and Brooklyn’s inbounds pass was stolen by Anthony Davis to end it.
Russell led the Nets with 24 points and Caris LeVert added 21. Davis grabbed 11 rebounds, Spencer Dinwiddie went for 11 points, five assists and two blocked shots and Jarrett Allen also had a pair of blocks.
Holiday’s 26 points led New Orleans. Davis finished with 18 points, 14 rebounds, four steals and five blocks and Julius Randle chipped in with 14 points and two blocks off the bench.
What’s next?
New Orleans: at Cleveland, Saturday; vs. Memphis, Monday; vs. Cleveland, Jan. 9
Brooklyn: at Memphis, Friday; at Chicago, Sunday; at Boston, Monday