Grade the Game at any time!
Tonight: The 20-15 Brooklyn Nets host the 12-25 Phoenix Suns at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, at 7:30 P.M. EST. The Nets have won six of seven games since replacing coach Avery Johnson with assistant P.J. Carlesimo. The Suns have gone 1-10 in their last 11 games and are on a four-game losing streak.
Watch & Listen: The game is broadcast on YES Network. Ian Eagle & Jim Spanarkel are on the call. The game is simulcast on radio on WFAN.
Injuries: Joe Johnson is expected to play through illness. Mirza Teletovic is not. Jerry Stackhouse is out with a sore right hamstring. Update: Kris Humphries is also out with a sore left ankle, according to the Nets.
Projected Starters:
Phoenix Suns:Goran Dragic, P.J. Tucker, Jared Dudley, Luis Scola, Marcin Gortat
Brooklyn Nets:Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Gerald Wallace, Reggie Evans, Brook Lopez
Advanced Statistics:
Phoenix Suns: 100.3 offensive rating (20th), 105.4 defensive rating (26th), 94.58 possessions per game (13th)
Brooklyn Nets: 104.3 offensive rating (10th), 103.7 defensive rating (20th), 90.46 possessions per game (29th)
Go Nets!
NOOOOOO MIRZA IS OUTTTT
C’mon Mirza, gotta play through some sickness.
*See MJ in the finals.*
Although this is not the finals, and we are playing the Suns. So fine. Get better soon!
Ok, wow.
Wallace either broke his right arm (which doesn’t look likely) or cracked some ribs. Damn…
this i just upsetting
Disgusting 1st half defensively. We can’t lose to Jared Dudley…
The usually durable Humphries is being hit with a rash of injuries despite playing sparingly. It makes me wonder if a deal has been reached that cant be consummated until the 15th, and they’re avoiding any possible injury.
Possible…at least let’s hope.
Rough night on the injury front…
3rd quarters are now our strength? Cool!
PJ for prez