Brooklyn Nets vs. Denver Nuggets: TV info, live stream, injury report

The Brooklyn Nets look to complete their first season sweep of the Denver Nuggets since 2015-16 when the teams meet Wednesday at Barclays Center.

The Brooklyn Nets and Denver Nuggets will be trying to rebound from lopsided losses when they meet Wednesday night at Barclays Center in their second and final matchup this season.

The Nets (28-27) have lost three straight games, including a 113-94 thumping at the hands of the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday to open their current three-game homestand.

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Denver (37-16) has won eight of its last 10 games, but took a 129-103 pounding from the Detroit Pistons Monday night in the second game of its four-game road swing, snapping a six-game winning streak.

Brooklyn hung around with the Bucks in the first half despite horrific shooting, but Milwaukee pulled away with a big third quarter and cruised to the win Monday night. The Nets put up season-low shooting marks of 32.4 percent overall and 11.9 percent from 3-point range in the loss.

D’Angelo Russell paced Brooklyn with 18 points and five assists. Jarrett Allen had 11 rebounds and four blocked shots.

The Nuggets played without three starters due to injury in Detroit on Monday and the Pistons took control of the game by holding Denver to 19 points on 8-of-23 shooting in the second period to open a 13-point halftime lead.

Trey Lyles led the Nuggets with 20 points off the bench. Former Net Mason Plumlee added 15 points, 11 rebounds and six assists, Will Barton chipped in 10 points and seven dimes and Nikola Jokic finished with 16 points and three steals.

The rivalry between the Nets and Nuggets extends back to the roots of each franchise as charter members of the American Basketball Association in 1967. In regular-season play, the Nets were 27-41 in the ABA against the Nuggets, who played as the Denver Rockets from 1967-74.

Since joining the NBA, the Nets are 40-49 against Denver, snapping a three-game losing streak with a win earlier this season.

Each team has posted six-game winning streaks against the other. The Nuggets won six in a row from Jan. 22, 1986, to Nov. 22, 1988, with Brooklyn winning six straight from Feb. 27, 2014, to Dec. 7, 2016.

Similarly, each team has posted the same high score against the other. The Nets beat the Nuggets 141-130 at East Rutherford on Dec. 11, 1983, while Denver posted a 141-106 win at home on Nov. 22, 1988, which is also its largest margin of victory in the series.

The Nets have the biggest blowout of the series, a 114-70 victory at East Rutherford on Feb. 7, 2009.

Dan Issel set the individual scoring mark in the series, dropping 47 points for the Nuggets in a Jan. 31, 1980, win at Denver.

John Williamson set the high mark for the Nets with 42 points in a win at Piscataway on March 17, 1978, and was matched by Derrick Coleman, who scored 42 points in a win at East Rutherford on Feb. 15, 1991.

In the Brooklyn era, dating to the 2012-13 season, the Nets are 8-5 against Denver. The Nuggets’ longest win streak in that span was three straight games from Feb. 24, 2017, to Nov. 7, 2017.

Denver has the highest-scoring game between the teams in the Brooklyn era, a 129-109 win at home on Feb. 24, 2017.

Brooklyn’s top effort was in a 121-120 overtime win at Denver on March 4, 2016, with their high mark in regulation coming in a 119-108 victory at Barclays Center on Feb. 13, 2013.

The Nets have the most lopsided win of the recent series, a 110-82 win at Denver on Feb. 23, 2013. The Nuggets posted their biggest victory against Brooklyn in a 111-87 win at Barclays Center on Dec. 3, 2013.

The individual scoring high of the Brooklyn era was established by Nikola Jokic, who scored 41 points for the Nuggets in a Nov. 7, 2017, win at Denver. Brooklyn’s high was Joe Johnson‘s 27 points in a win at Barclays Center on Dec. 23, 2014.

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

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Denver Nuggets at Brooklyn Nets

Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Time: 7:30 p.m. Eastern
TV: YES Network
Live stream: NBA League Pass

The skinny

Availability

from NBA.com

Denver: QUESTIONABLE–Paul Millsap (right ankle soreness), Jamal Murray (left ankle sprain); OUT–Gary Harris (right adductor strain), Michael Porter (low back surgery), Isaiah Thomas (right hip surgery), Thomas Welsh (two-way, Iowa Wolves).

Brooklyn: PROBABLE–Allen Crabbe (sore right knee); OUT–Spencer Dinwiddie (torn ligaments, right thumb), Jared Dudley (left hamstring strain), Caris LeVert (subtalar dislocation, right foot), Dzanan Musa (assignment, Long Island Nets), Alan Williams (two-way, Long Island Nets).

Last meeting

Nov. 9 at Denver: The Nets erased a four-point deficit over the final 1:03, winning it on Caris LeVert’s 12-foot pull-up with 0.3 second remaining. Malik Beasley got a look at a turnaround 3-pointer, but missed as time expired.

Brooklyn had a 14-point lead in the first half before the Nuggets rallied after the break. D’Angelo Russell scored 23 points to lead the Nets, while Jarrett Allen finished with 18 points, nine rebounds and five blocks. Spencer Dinwiddie chipped in 12 points and six assists.

Nikola Jokic had 37 points and matched his career-high with 21 rebounds for Denver, also blocking two shots. Paul Millsap added 11 points and 11 boards and Jamal Murray posted 16 points and five assists.

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What’s next?

Denver: at Philadelphia, Friday; vs. Miami, Monday; vs. Sacramento, Feb. 13

Brooklyn: vs. Chicago, Friday; at Toronto, Monday; at Cleveland, Feb. 13