Brooklyn Nets vs. San Antonio Spurs: TV info, live stream, injury report

The Brooklyn Nets host the San Antonio Spurs at Barclays Center Monday looking to gain a split this season and stop string of 7 straight losses to the Spurs.

For the second straight game, the Brooklyn Nets will catch an opponent on the second game of a back-to-back, as the San Antonio Spurs visit Barclays Center Monday night after taking on the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

The Nets (31-30) beat the Charlotte Hornets on the road Saturday night, 117-115, for just their third win in their last six games. The Spurs (33-28) took a 130-118 drubbing from the Knicks for their second straight loss and sixth in their last seven contests.

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D’Angelo Russell matched his career-high with 40 points in the win at Charlotte, scoring 14 of those in the final 3:24 as Brooklyn came from an eight-point deficit in the final 3:12, going ahead for good on Russell’s deep 3 with 39.8 seconds left.

Caris LeVert blocked Kemba Walker‘s potential game-winning 3 as time expired to preserve the win. Russell also had seven assists, while Jarrett Allen finished with 11 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots. Ed Davis grabbed 10 boards.

San Antonio trailed by as much as 23 at New York Sunday night and never got closer than eight points in the fourth quarter. DeMar DeRozan had 32 points, nine rebounds and four assists for the Spurs, while Jakob Poeltl finished with 12 points and nine boards.

Patty Mills had four assists and LaMarcus Aldridge went for 18 points and two blocks.

San Antonio has dominated play against the Nets since the teams came to the NBA from the old American Basketball Association in 1976, with the Nets going just 21-71 against the Spurs and has lost the last seven meetings.

San Antonio has the series’ longest winning streak, taking 14 in a row from March 6, 2003, to Jan. 10, 2010. The Nets’ longest string of victories is a pair of three-game runs, the latest coming from Jan. 14-Nov. 13, 2002.

The highest-scoring game and the most lopsided decision both went to the Spurs in a 151-110 victory at home on Nov. 25, 1978. The Nets set their high mark in a 129-123 win at Piscataway on Feb. 24, 1980. Their biggest win was a 99-73 victory at San Antonio on Nov. 7, 1993.

Individually, George Gervin has the series high, scoring 47 points for the Spurs in a win at San Antonio on Jan. 29, 1985. The top game by a Net was by Vince Carter, who had 43 points in a loss at East Rutherford on Feb. 11, 2005.

The Nets and Spurs were 33-33 against each other during their nine seasons in the ABA, with the then New York Nets going 17-11 against San Antonio after that club moved from Dallas in 1973.

Since coming to Brooklyn in 2012, the Nets are just 2-11, with San Antonio’s current seven-game winning streak which began on Oct. 30, 2015, the longest in the series. Brooklyn has yet to record back-to-back wins since the move.

The Spurs have the highest-scoring game of the Brooklyn era, a 130-101 win at home on Dec. 10, 2016. The Nets’ high mark in that span came on Jan. 31 in a 117-114 loss at San Antonio.

The most lopsided win by either side was a 104-73 San Antonio win at home on Dec. 31, 2012. Brooklyn’s biggest victory was a 103-89 decision at Barclays Center on Feb. 6, 2014.

LaMarcus Aldridge of the Spurs has the most points in a single game in the Brooklyn era, scoring 34 in a win at Barclays Center on Jan. 17, 2018.

For the Nets, Mirza Teletovic had 26 points in an overtime win at Barclays Center on Dec. 3, 2014. In regulation, D’Angelo Russell set a new scoring mark with 25 points in the Nets’ Jan. 31 loss at San Antonio.

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

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San Antonio Spurs at Brooklyn Nets

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

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Availability

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San Antonio: OUT–Drew Eubanks (two-way, Austin Spurs), Ben Moore (two-way, Austin Spurs), Dejounte Murray (torn right anterior cruciate ligament), Lonnie Walker (assignment, Austin Spurs).

Brooklyn: OUT–Spencer Dinwiddie (torn ligaments, right thumb).

Last meeting

Jan. 31 at San Antonio: The Spurs bounced back from a late deficit to take the lead for good on Derrick White‘s free throws with 2:07 left and held off the Nets for a 117-114 victory.

Shabazz Napier got the deficit to one with a pull-up 3-pointer with 4.9 seconds left and had a chance to tie it after a pair of free throws from San Antonio’s LaMarcus Aldridge, but his 3-pointer at the buzzer never got close to the rim on a play the NBA later determined should have been called a shooting foul against Aldridge.

D’Angelo Russell led Brooklyn with 25 points and nine assists. Ed Davis had 11 rebounds, Napier finished with 15 points, seven dimes and two blocks and Jarrett Allen had 14 points and a pair of blocks.

White finished with 26 points, six assists and two blocks for San Antonio and Aldridge added 20 points and 13 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan added 15 points and 10 boards.

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What’s next?

San Antonio: vs. Detroit, Wednesday; vs. Oklahoma City, Saturday; vs. Denver, March 4

Brooklyn: vs. Washington, Wednesday; vs. Charlotte, Friday; at Miami, Saturday