Brooklyn Nets at Memphis Grizzlies: TV info, live stream, injury report
By Phil Watson
The Brooklyn Nets are on the road Friday to open a 3-game trip with their single visit to the Memphis Grizzlies this season for an 8 p.m. Eastern tip.
The Brooklyn Nets — winners of 10 of their last 13 games — visit a Memphis Grizzlies squad that has dropped eight of its last 10 in an 8 p.m. Eastern tip from FedEx Forum in Memphis.
The Nets (18-21) are playing the first game of three straight on the road while the Grizzlies (18-19) have lost their last two at home.
Brooklyn comes in off a 126-121 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday at Barclays Center.
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The Grizzlies dropped a 101-94 decision at home to the Detroit Pistons the same night, precipitating a postgame team meeting that turned into an altercation between teammates Garrett Temple and Omri Casspi.
D’Angelo Russell scored 22 points and matched a career-high with 13 assists to pace the Nets past the Pelicans on Wednesday, while Joe Harris added 21 points — including three big buckets late in the fourth quarter as Brooklyn held off a New Orleans run.
Ed Davis had 12 rebounds for the Nets and Jarrett Allen went for 10 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks.
Rookie Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 26 points with 10 rebounds before fouling out for Memphis in its loss to the Pistons. Shelvin Mack dished six assists off the bench for the Grizzlies and Marc Gasol finished with 11 points and two blocked shots.
The Grizzlies were held to 12 points in the third quarter as Detroit took control and the Pistons put the game away with a 13-0 run late in the game.
The Nets are 22-22 against the Grizzlies since the franchise now in Memphis entered the NBA as the Vancouver Grizzlies in 1995.
The Nets assembled the longest winning streak in the series, six games, by winning the first six meetings between the clubs from Feb. 2, 1996, and Feb. 24, 1998. Memphis has a pair of five-game streaks, the latest from Jan. 14, 2015, to Feb. 13, 2017.
The highest-scoring game for both teams in the series was their most recent meeting, a 131-125 double-overtime win by the Grizzlies at Barclays Center on Nov. 30.
In regulation, Brooklyn set the scoring mark in the series with a 122-109 win at Memphis on March 6, 2017. The Grizzlies’ best in regulation game in a 118-115 loss at Brooklyn on March 19.
The largest margin of victory was posted by Memphis in a 110-63 win at home on Dec. 13, 2003. The Nets’ most lopsided win was a 92-74 victory at East Rutherford on Jan. 2, 2002.
Since moving to Brooklyn in 2012, the Nets are 5-8 in the series, with a three-game winning streak from March 6, 2017, to March 19 of last year.
Memphis put up the most lopsided win in a 101-77 victory at home on Jan. 25, 2013. Brooklyn’s largest margin was their 122-109 win at Memphis on March 6, 2017.
Stephon Marbury has the individual scoring mark between the teams with his 42-point effort in a loss at Vancouver on Jan. 27, 2000. Anthony Peeler scored 40 points for Vancouver in a loss at East Rutherford on Feb. 4, 1997.
In the Brooklyn era, Mike Conley has the high individual mark with 37 points for the Grizzlies in the Nov. 30 double-overtime win. In regulation, Conley still has top honors with 32 points in a loss at Memphis on March 6, 2017.
For Brooklyn, Joe Johnson‘s 26 points in a Nov. 30, 2013, win at Memphis are the individual high in regulation. D’Angelo Russell matched that mark in the Nov. 30 double-overtime affair.
*-Historical research courtesy of Basketball-Reference.com.
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Brooklyn Nets at Memphis Grizzlies
FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tenn.
Time: 8 p.m. Eastern
TV: YES Network
Live stream: NBA League Pass
The skinny
Season series: Memphis leads 1-0
Records: Brooklyn 18-21 (9th in East), Memphis 18-19 (10th in West)
Scoring: BKN 111.0 (16th) , MEM 101.5 (29th)
Defense: BKN 112.0 (22nd), MEM 102.3 (2nd)
Off. Rating: BKN 109.9 (11th), MEM 105.1 (26th)
Def. Rating: BKN 110.9 (23rd), MEM 105.5 (5th)
Pace: BKN 99.43 (22nd), MEM 95.71 (30th)
Shooting: BKN 45.4% (20th), MEM 45.7% (16th)
3-point: BKN 36.4% (6th), MEM 34.7% (21st)
Opponent shooting: BKN 47.1% (23rd), MEM 44.4% (4th)
Opponent 3-point: BKN 35.7% (17th), MEM 36.2% (24th)
Availability
Brooklyn: OUT–Allen Crabbe (sore right knee), Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (right adductor strain), Caris LeVert (subtalar dislocation, right foot), Dzanan Musa (left shoulder subluxation), Theo Pinson (two-way, Long Island Nets).
Memphis: QUESTIONABLE–Mike Conley (left shoulder soreness); OUT–Chandler Parsons (return from injury management).
Last meeting
Nov. 30 at Brooklyn: The Grizzlies erased a seven-point deficit in the final 26.8 seconds of regulation on a four-point play by Jaren Jackson Jr., followed by another Jackson 3-pointer after a Brooklyn turnover, and scored the final four points in the first overtime before pulling away for a 131-125 win in two overtimes.
The Nets led by 10 before Memphis outscored them 19-9 in the final 3:52 of regulation to force overtime.
D’Angelo Russell scored 26 points with eight assists and three steals for Brooklyn, but committed eight turnovers — including the fateful one late in regulation. DeMarre Carroll came off the bench for 21 points and 12 rebounds and Jarrett Allen went for 15 points and 12 boards.
Mike Conley scored 37 points with 10 assists for Memphis, while Jackson finished with 36 points. Marc Gasol posted 15 points, 15 rebounds and three blocks and Garrett Temple had 13 points and three steals.
What’s next?
Brooklyn: at Chicago, Sunday; at Boston, Monday; vs. Atlanta, Wednesday
Memphis: at San Antonio, Saturday; at New Orleans, Monday; vs. San Antonio, Wednesday