Brooklyn Nets at Sacramento Kings: TV info, live stream, injury report

The Brooklyn Nets will look for their first season sweep of the Sacramento Kings since 2014-15 when the teams meet Tuesday night at Golden 1 Center.

Two of the most improved teams in the NBA meet for the second and final time this season as the Brooklyn Nets visit the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center in California’s state capital.

The Nets (36-36) are looking to end a three-game losing streak as they have opened their season-long seven-game road trip on the wrong foot. Sacramento (34-35) snapped a three-game slide with a 129-102 win over the Chicago Bulls Sunday to open a four-game homestand.

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Brooklyn has already exceeded last season’s win total of 28 and is trying for the team’s first playoff bid since 2015 and first winning season since 2013-14. The Kings have also been much better this season, with their 34 wins already seven more than last season’s total of 27.

Sacramento last had a winning record in 2005-06, which is also the last season the Kings reached the postseason.

The Nets also played Sunday, dropping a 119-116 decision to the LA Clippers at Staples Center.

D’Angelo Russell joined Spencer Dinwiddie as the only Nets this season to have at least 30 points and 10 assists in a game, going for 32 points and 10 dimes against the Clippers, who won it on Lou Williams‘ 3-pointer at the buzzer after Brooklyn had stormed back to tie the game with 10 straight points in a 53-second span.

DeMarre Carroll added 22 points, Jarrett Allen had 13 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks and Rodions Kurucs logged three blocks for the Nets.

The Kings took control against Chicago with a big second quarter Sunday, outscoring the Bulls 32-17 to open a 56-40 halftime lead and just kept pouring it on by dropping 73 in the second half.

Marvin Bagley III led Sacramento with 21 points and nine rebounds, Willie Cauley-Stein had five assists, Buddy Hield finished with 16 points and three steals and Harry Giles notched 16 points and three blocks.

Since entering the NBA as part of the merger with the ABA in 1976, the Nets are 39-49 against the Kings, who moved from Kansas City to Sacramento following the 1984-85 season.

The Kings have a pair of five-game winning streaks in the series, the last coming from Dec. 15, 1982, to March 5, 1985. The Nets have three three-game runs, most recently from March 9, 2014, to Jan. 21, 2015.

The Kings set the scoring mark in the series with a 137-126 win at Piscataway on Dec. 29, 1978. The high for the Nets came in a 132-102 win at East Rutherford on Nov. 14, 1993.

Sacramento had the largest margin of victory between the teams in a 118-82 victory at East Rutherford on Jan. 9, 2003. The Nets won at East Rutherford on Feb. 4, 2002, by a 117-83 count for their biggest victory.

DeMarcus Cousins has the single-game scoring high in the series, hanging 40 points on Brooklyn in a Nov. 13, 2015, win at Sacramento. The top mark for the Nets was set by Maurice Lucas, who scored 39 points in a loss at Piscataway on Dec. 28, 1980.

Since moving to Brooklyn in 2012, the Nets are 8-5 against Sacramento. The Kings have won back-to-back games just once in that span, on Dec. 20, 2017, and March 1, 2018.

Brooklyn has the highest-scoring game of the era with a 128-119 win at Barclays Center on Feb. 5, 2016. Sacramento put up a 122-105 win at home on Nov. 27, 2016.

The Nets posted the biggest win in the Brooklyn era earlier this year with their 123-94 victory on Jan. 21 at Barclays Center. The Kings posted a 107-86 win at Sacramento on Nov. 13, 2013.

D’Angelo Russell set the Brooklyn scoring mark with 31 points in the Jan. 21 victory.

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

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Here is how to catch the action late Tuesday night from Sacramento.

Brooklyn Nets at Sacramento Kings

Golden 1 Center, Sacramento
Time: 10 p.m. Eastern
TV: YES Network
Live stream: NBA League Pass

The skinny

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Availability

from NBA.com

Brooklyn: OUT–Allen Crabbe (sore right knee), Dzanan Musa (assignment, Long Island Nets).

Sacramento: all players available

Last meeting

Jan. 21 at Brooklyn: The Nets rallied quickly from a 60-55 halftime deficit, taking the lead for good with 8:28 left in the third quarter and putting away the Kings with an 11-0 run.

Brooklyn then held Sacramento to a season-low nine points in the fourth quarter as part of a 68-34 second half surge en route to a 123-94 blowout.

D’Angelo Russell paced the Nets with 31 points and eight assists. Ed Davis had 16 rebounds and Jarrett Allen grabbed 12, while Spencer Dinwiddie finished with 11 points and six assists, Shabazz Napier notched three steals and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson had two blocks.

Bogdan Bogdanovic had 22 points and 11 assists for the Kings, Buddy Hield added 11 points and seven rebounds, De’Aaron Fox had six dimes and Iman Shumpert had two blocks.

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What’s next?

Brooklyn: at Los Angeles Lakers, Friday; at Portland, Monday; at Philadelphia, March 28

Sacramento: vs. Dallas, Thursday; vs. Phoenix, Saturday; at Los Angeles Lakers, Sunday