A pair of Eastern Conference teams fighting for a guaranteed playoff spot in the field 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 Saturday evening. Brooklyn wilted down the stretch as they were beaten 116-114 by Cleveland at home Thursday night, though they did cover the line as a 3.5-point underdog. Miami took down the Knicks 127-120 at home Wednesday night, covering the line as a two-point favorite. In the all-time regular season series between the teams, the Heat own a 78-57 advantage but the Nets have won the last three meetings, with two coming this season. That includes a 116-105 home win in the most recent matchup on February 15.
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Brooklyn dropped their fifth straight game as they were swept in a two-game set with the Cavaliers with Thursday’s loss thanks to a late meltdown. The Nets dropped to 39-34 on the season and entered Friday fourth in the Atlantic Division, 11 games behind the Celtics for the top spot. They were seventh in the Eastern Conference standings, half a game behind the Heat to maintain a guaranteed playoff spot and six games clear of 11th-place Indiana to at least remain in the play-in tournament. Against Cleveland, Brooklyn trailed by as many as eight in the opening quarter only to lead by two after one stanza. The Nets were up one at the half, by six after three quarters and led 112-104 with 2:13 remaining before going cold. Brooklyn was outscored 12-2 the rest of the way, giving up the game-winning three-pointer with 0.7 seconds remaining. The Nets shot 48.1% from the floor, including 12 of 34 from three-point range, and turned the ball over 15 times. Mikal Bridges led Brooklyn with 32 points and six rebounds in the loss.
The Nets enter this game 19th in the league in scoring offense as they average 113.3 points per game on the year. Brooklyn is 29th in the league in rebounding with 40.4 boards per contest and 13th in assists by dishing out 25.3 dimes a night. The Nets are 14th in the league in scoring defense by allowing 112.9 points per contest. Mikal Bridges leads the team with 19.3 points plus 4.4 rebounds per game this season. Spencer Dinwiddie (17.8 points, 6.1 assists), Cameron Johnson (14.9 points, 4.3 rebounds), Nic Claxton (12.5 points, 9.2 rebounds) and Royce O’Neale (8.9 points) each are solid scoring options as well. The Nets look to get production from Patty Mills, Ben Simmons, Joe Harris, Seth Curry (9.6 points), Day’Ron Sharpe, Edmond Sumner, Cam Thomas (10.3 points), Dorian Finney-Smith and Yuta Watanabe. Brooklyn is 4th in the league in field goal percentage as they shoot 49% from the field as a team on the year. The Nets are 10th in the league in three-point field goals per game as they drain 12.7 triples per game while they stand 4th in three-point field goal percentage by hitting 38.1% from beyond the arc.
Simmons (knee) last took the floor on February 15 against the Heat and has no timetable for return to action.
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