When: 7:30 PM EST; Monday, November 17th, 2014
Where: Barclays Center; Brooklyn, NY
TV: YES Network
UPDATE: Dwayne Wade (hamstring) is out tonight for the Heat. He hasn’t played in Miami’s last two games.
The Nets head home after a brutal, 0-3 Western Conference road trip to take on the LeBron-less Miami Heat tonight, who are also struggling. Brooklyn fell to the Phoenix Suns, Golden State Warriors and Portland Trail Blazers over the past few days and Miami has lost its last three games as well. Two teams on three-game losing streaks!
Brooklyn is in a bad place right now and needs to capitalize on its home games before the team go back on the road at the end of the week. Miami, on the other hand, hasn’t been great at home and has been dealing with injuries to Dwyane Wade and Josh McRoberts that haven’t helped lately.
The Nets are healthy and have no excuse for their poor play over the last few games outside of the three games in four days they played against tough Western Conference teams. Deron Williams looks sharp, Joe Johnson has done his thing and Kevin Garnett has been surprisingly good. The only thing is that Brook Lopez has yet to look like himself.
Miami, obviously, lost LeBron to the Cavaliers this summer and has struggled to replace his scoring output. Also, LeBron is the guy who killed the Nets in the playoffs last season so the matchup should bode favorably for Brooklyn.
Probable Lineups
MIA- Norris Cole (PG), Mario Chalmers (SG), Shawne Williams (SF), Luol Deng (PF), Chris Bosh (C)
BKN- Deron Williams (PG), Joe Johnson (SG), Bojan Bogdanovic (SF), Kevin Garnett (PF), Brook Lopez (C)
Final Thoughts
As much as the Portland game without LaMarcus Aldridge and Nicholas Batum was a must-win, tonight’s game is even more of one. With a loss, the Nets fall to 4-6 with a game against the Bucks, and former coach and player Jason Kidd, on Wednesday at Barclays. The losing needs to stop right now.
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