The Brooklyn Nets (33-22, 17-10 Home), one of the league’s top shooting teams, welcome the Philadelphia 76ers (35-19, 14-11 Away) on Saturday. Philadelphia is playing the second of a back-to-back after topping the New York Knicks 119-108 at Wells Fargo Center yesterday.
With 35 points, 11 rebounds, and six assists, Joel Embiid had a standout performance. The 76ers are the third seed in the Eastern Conference. Brooklyn got the win on Thursday at Barclays Center, beating the Chicago Bulls 116-105.
Spencer Dinwiddie had 25 points and six assists, carrying the team. The Nets are the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference. The teams are meeting for the final time this season.
Philadelphia will be aiming for a season sweep against Brooklyn after earning the win in both of their earlier matchups, the most recent of which was a 137-133 victory at Wells Fargo Center on January 25. Tyrese Maxey led the 76ers with 27 points, five assists, three rebounds, and two steals. Seth Curry had 32 points in defeat.
Embiid is averaging 33.3 points per game, second-highest in the league, to lead the Sixers in scoring this season. Embiid also has grabbed 10.1 rebounds per game, 10th-most in the NBA. Meanwhile, James Harden is dishing 10.9 assists. Kevin Durant (29.7 ppg) and Kyrie Irving (26.4) have powered the Nets’ offense.
Durant ranks eighth in the NBA. Nicolas Claxton is pulling down 9.2 rebounds per game, and Ben Simmons is distributing 6.0 assists. Shooting 50.5% from the field on the season, the Nets are one of the NBA’s most accurate field goal shooting teams (2nd).
The 76ers have had the advantage in the last 10 visits to Barclays Center, winning six. Meanwhile, the 76ers are 5-2 when playing on consecutive nights this season and 2-2 in such games against rested opponents.
The Nets are 3-2 with a rest advantage.In the last 10 games, Philadelphia is 7-3 with an average margin of +2.9 (116.3-113.4). Brooklyn has split the last 10 (5-5), allowing 120.9 points per game on average while scoring only 118.3 (-2.6 margin). The Nets are averaging 114.4 ppg for the full season while allowing 112.4.
76ERS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Shake Milton: 8.6 | 15.4 | -6.8
Points per game:
Tobias Harris: 10.8 | 15.7 | -4.9
NETS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Cam Thomas: 42.2 | 13.9 | +28.3
Seth Curry: 9.0 | 14.3 | -5.3
Points per game:
Cam Thomas: 34.6 | 10.6 | +24.0
Rebounds per game:
Nicolas Claxton: 12.0 | 9.2 | +2.8
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
Brooklyn Nets
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