Overview
- Tipoff is set for 8:30 p.m. EST at American Airlines Center in Dallas.
- Dallas enters 9-16 after winning four of five, while Brooklyn is 6-17 with three wins in its last four following a five-day layoff for both teams.
- Brooklyn’s second-leading scorer Cam Thomas is out with a left hamstring injury, and Dallas center Daniel Gafford is listed as doubtful with an ankle issue.
- Michael Porter Jr. is averaging nearly 26 points per game and is coming off a 35-point performance in the Nets’ latest win.
- Rookie Cooper Flagg has been playing through a right-thumb issue and is cleared to go, as the matchup pairs Dallas’ seventh-ranked defense with Brooklyn’s bottom-tier defense and middling offense.