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Nets Try to Halt Home Slide as Celtics Visit Without Tatum

Jaylen Brown has carried the scoring load in Boston's push back to .500.

Overview

  • Brooklyn enters 2-11 with an 0-6 home record, hosting Boston at 7:30 p.m. ET at Barclays Center.
  • A seventh straight home defeat would tie the franchise’s worst home start from the 2009–10 season.
  • The Nets are coming off a 129-106 win over the Wizards in which Michael Porter Jr. scored 34 as the team shot 53.2% with 32 assists.
  • Boston reached .500 by edging the Clippers 121-118, getting 30 from Payton Pritchard and 22 from Derrick White as Jaylen Brown closed strong.
  • Injury report lists Jayson Tatum out with an Achilles issue for Boston and Haywood Highsmith (knee) plus Cam Thomas (hamstring) out for Brooklyn, and the Celtics are 14-1 against the Nets in their past 15 regular-season meetings.