The Brooklyn Nets (21-12, 9-7 Away) and their potent offense travel to face the Cleveland Cavaliers (22-12, 16-3 Home) and their suffocating defense on Monday. Brooklyn blew out the Milwaukee Bucks 118-100 at Barclays Center on Friday, their eighth consecutive win. Kevin Durant was the top scorer with 24 points.
Nicolas Claxton was another key contributor with 19 points and five assists. The Nets are 2.5 games behind the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference, currently sitting in fourth. Cleveland lost on Friday at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, falling to the Toronto Raptors 118-107.
Darius Garland scored 17 to top the scoresheet in the loss. With 15 points, Isaac Okoro also played a part. The Cavaliers are one game behind the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference, currently sitting in third.
The teams are meeting for the first time this season. Brooklyn won three out of four games between the teams last season, including a 118-107 triumph in their last meeting at Barclays Center on April 8.
Durant led the Nets with 36 points. Garland had 31 points in the losing effort.Durant is averaging 29.9 points per game, sixth-highest in the NBA, to lead the Nets in scoring this season.
Meanwhile, Claxton is grabbing 8.6 rebounds per game, and Ben Simmons is dishing 5.6 assists. Donovan Mitchell (28.9 ppg) has supplied much of the Cavs’ offense. He has the seventh-best scoring average in the league.
Garland is distributing 7.8 assists per game, fifth-most in the league, and Jarrett Allen is averaging 10.1 rebounds per game (10th). The Cavaliers are leaders in defensive efficiency in the NBA, while the Nets rank second in offensive efficiency.
The Nets have come up short in recent games at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, losing six of the last 10. Brooklyn is pursuing a fifth successive win on the road this season. Brooklyn is 9-1 in the last 10 games with an average margin of +7.7 (120.0-112.3).
For the season, the Nets are averaging 114.1 points per game, compared to 111.1 for opponents. Cleveland has gone 7-3 over the last 10, scoring 109.8 points per game on average while allowing 104.6 (+5.2 margin).
NETS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Seth Curry: 7.2 | 12.3 | -5.1
CAVALIERS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Caris LeVert: 13.8 | 19.8 | -6.0
Points per game:
Caris LeVert: 8.6 | 11.7 | -3.1
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
Cleveland Cavaliers (-135)
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