What as soon as appeared like a crew on the trail to reaching full power rapidly turned a crew stuffed with absences. The Brooklyn Nets will as soon as once more be pressured to do extra with much less in tonight’s sport towards the Phoenix Suns, who’re the healthiest they have been in weeks.
OUT: Bojan Bogdanovic (left foot), Day’Ron Sharpe (hamstring), Jaylen Martin (two-way), Noah Clowney (ankle), Cam Thomas (hamstring), Nic Claxton (again)
QUESTIONABLE: Dorian Finney-Smith (ankle)
OUT: Collin Gillespie (ankle)
QUESTIONABLE: Bradley Beal (calf)
PROBABLE: Kevin Durant (calf)
The excellent news for the Nets: Cam Johnson’s sprained ankle from Monday’s win over the Golden State Warriors is on the playing cards.
The dangerous information for the Nets: they lose Cam Thomas within the course of. Brooklyn’s main scorer is anticipated to overlook a number of weeks with a hamstring harm, as Shams Charania of ESPN experiences.
Now, Clowney additionally stays out, dealing a serious blow to the Nets’ depth.
Phoenix’s solely lacking piece comes from Collin Gillespie as Bradley Beal and Kevin Durant each returned in final night time’s win over the Los Angeles Lakers.
It is a worst-case state of affairs for the Nets, who need to take three straight wins and an undefeated highway journey towards a Suns crew getting ready to full power.
With so many standout gamers anticipated to overlook tonight’s sport, Brooklyn will as soon as once more be pressured to depend on the “subsequent man up” mentality that generated the beforehand talked about victory towards Golden State.
The Nets face Phoenix at 9 p.m. EST.
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