Brooklyn Nets at Portland Trail Blazers: TV info, live stream, injury report
By Phil Watson
The Brooklyn Nets play their final West Coast game of the regular season Monday night when they visit the Portland Trail Blazers, who have won 3 straight.
The Brooklyn Nets look for a third consecutive win and to get back to .500 on their season-long seven-game road trip Monday night when they take on the Portland Trail Blazers — winners of three in a row — at Moda Center in Portland.
The Nets (38-36) last played Friday night, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 111-106. Portland (45-27) beat the Detroit Pistons at home Saturday night, 117-112.
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Brooklyn took the lead for good Friday on Joe Harris‘ layup with 5:28 remaining and held off the Lakers down the stretch to complete a season sweep of Los Angeles.
The Lakers had the ball down by three with less than 30 seconds remaining, but LeBron James lost the ball out of bounds and the Nets made a couple of free throws late to ice it.
Harris paced the Nets with 26 points, going 6-for-8 from 3-point range, and D’Angelo Russell added 21 points, 13 assists and three steals. Jarrett Allen had 13 points and 11 rebounds and Ed Davis also posted a double-double with 14 points and 15 boards.
The Trail Blazers trailed Detroit by six, 109-103, with 4:28 to play before taking over the game with a 12-0 run. They went up for good on Damian Lillard‘s pull-up 3-pointer and ensuing four-point play with 1:37 remaining and had a chance in the closing seconds.
Lillard’s floater was blocked by Langston Galloway, but Al-Farouq Aminu picked up the offensive rebound and banked home a short jumper to seal it with 4.1 seconds to go.
Lillard paced Portland with 28 points and nine assists and Aminu added 22 points and seven rebounds. Enes Kanter had 10 points and seven boards off the bench and Jusuf Nurkic went for 15 points and had two blocks.
The Nets are 24-63 against Portland since coming into the NBA in 1976 and the Blazers assembled an 11-game winning streak from Jan. 30, 1987, to Jan. 31, 1992. The Nets longest winning streak was a three-game run from March 20-Dec. 11, 2002.
Portland has the highest-scoring game in the series with a 131-103 win at Uniondale on March 25, 1977. Brooklyn’s best effort was in a 127-125 loss at Barclays Center on Nov. 24, 2017.
The Trail Blazers also have the largest margin of victory, coming in a 124-80 win at Portland on Feb. 26, 2014. The Nets got their most lopsided win in the series with a 104-84 triumph at East Rutherford on Nov. 7, 1995.
The single-game scoring high, in regulation, is a three-way tie with 36 points. Clyde Drexler set the mark for Portland in a win at East Rutherford on Jan. 14, 1990, and Damian Lillard matched it in a loss at Barclays Center on April 6, 2015. Brook Lopez had 36 for Brooklyn in a loss at Portland on Feb. 23, 2016.
Otis Birdsong dropped 38 for the Nets in an overtime loss at East Rutherford on Dec. 3, 1983.
In the Brooklyn era, the Nets are 4-9 against Portland, with the Blazers winning four straight from Jan. 15, 2016, to March 4, 2017. The only consecutive wins for Brooklyn came on Nov. 25, 2012, and March 27, 2013.
The Blazers have the scoring mark as a team with a 130-116 win at Portland on March 4, 2017.
Brooklyn’s largest win came in a 111-93 victory at Portland on March 27, 2013.
*-Historical research courtesy of Basketball-Reference.com.
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Brooklyn Nets at Portland Trail Blazers
Moda Center, Portland, Ore.
Time: 10 p.m. Eastern
TV: YES Network, NBA TV
Live stream: NBA TV
The skinny
Availability
from NBA.com
Brooklyn: OUT–Allen Crabbe (sore right knee), Dzanan Musa (assignment, Long Island Nets), Theo Pinson (two-way, Long Island Nets), Alan Williams (two-way, Long Island Nets).
Portland: OUT–CJ McCollum (left knee).
Last meeting
Feb. 21 at Brooklyn: The Trail Blazers broke away from a tie game at halftime, leading by as much as 15 points in the second half and cruising to a 113-99 win over the Nets.
Jusuf Nurkic led Portland with 27 points, 12 rebounds and three blocked shots, while CJ McCollum dropped in 21 points and had two blocks. Al-Farouq Aminu finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds and Jake Layman had three blocks.
Allen Crabbe came off the bench for 17 points to pace Brooklyn. Jarrett Allen had 12 points and 11 rebounds, DeMarre Carroll grabbed 10 boards, Ed Davis had 15 points and 10 rebounds, Shabazz Napier dished out 10 assists and D’Angelo Russell finished with 14 points and eight dimes,
What’s next?
Brooklyn: at Philadelphia, Thursday; vs. Boston, Saturday; vs. Milwaukee, April 1
Portland: at Chicago, Wednesday; at Atlanta, Friday; at Detroit, Saturday