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A pair of teams from the Eastern Conference take the floor in search of a victory in South Beach. The Brooklyn Nets are on the road as they make the trip to face the Miami Heat Sunday evening. Brooklyn comes in off a 108-102 road victory over the Pelicans Friday night, covering the line as a 4.5-point favorite in their previous game. Miami knocked off Phoenix 104-96 on the road Friday night, covering the line as a one-point favorite in that game. In the all-time regular season series between the teams, the Heat own a 78-55 advantage and took three of the four meetings last season. With that said, Brooklyn prevailed 110-95 on the road in the most recent matchup on March 26, 2022.
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Brooklyn bounced back from a loss to the Bulls as they dropped the Pelicans in the Big Easy for their 13th win in the last 14 games Friday night. The Nets entered Saturday 26-13 on the season, leaving them one game behind Boston for the top spot in both the Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference standings. Against New Orleans, Brooklyn trailed by one after the opening quarter, by as many as 15 in the second quarter and by 11 at the half. The Nets outscored the Pelicans 35-21 in the third quarter to lead by three after three quarters and held off New Orleans down the stretch. Brooklyn shot 43.5% from the field, including 15 of 33 from three-point range, and held New Orleans to 39.8% shooting in the game. Kevin Durant led the Nets with 33 points and 10 rebounds in the win.
The Nets enter this game 13th in the league in scoring offense as they average 114.9 points per game on th e year. Brooklyn is 28th in the league in rebounding with 40.5 boards per contest and 8th in assists by dishing out 26.5 dimes a night. The Nets are 6th in the league in scoring defense by allowing 110.8 points per contest. Kevin Durant leads the team with 30 points plus 6.8 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game. Kyrie Irving (25.9 points, 4.7 assists), Nic Claxton (11.8 points, 8.3 rebounds) and Royce O’Neale (9.4 points) each are solid scoring options as well. The Nets look to get production from Patty Mills, Ben Simmons, Joe Harris, Seth Curry, Day’Ron Sharpe, Markieff Morris, Edmond Sumner, Cam Thomas, Kessler Edwards, T.J. Warren (9.9 points) and Yuta Watanabe. Brooklyn is 1st in the league in field goal percentage as they shoot 51.2% from the field as a team on the year. The Nets are 13th in the league in three-point field goals per game as they drain 12.2 triples per game while they stand 2nd in three -point field goal percentage by hitting 39.3% from beyond the arc.
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