Brooklyn @ Cleveland. Current Records: Brooklyn 21-12; Cleveland 22-12. What to Know. The Brooklyn Nets have enjoyed the comforts of home their last two ...
- Jan 20, 2016 - Cleveland 91 vs. - Mar 31, 2016 - Cleveland 107 vs. - Jan 06, 2017 - Cleveland 116 vs. - Jan 27, 2017 - Cleveland 124 vs. - Nov 22, 2017 - Cleveland 119 vs. - Jan 20, 2021 - Cleveland 147 vs. - Jan 22, 2021 - Cleveland 125 vs. [NBA picks](https://www.sportsline.com/nba/picks/#ttag=SL19_lk_cbssports_nba_htw) for every single game, including this one, from SportsLine's advanced computer model. Cleveland was down 98-78 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from. Regional restrictions may apply.) After a few days' rest for both teams, they and the Cleveland Cavaliers will meet up at 7 p.m. As for Cleveland, they enter the game with only 104.9 points allowed per game on average, which is the best in the league.
The Brooklyn Nets will be missing one of their key players for Monday night's matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
"We all look for matchups in the regular season that means something," Durant told reporters in Cleveland. The Nets are riding a season-best eight-game winning streak into Monday's game. There is no further update at the time of this writing on Brooklyn's shooting guard. The longest-tenured Net reported the knee soreness shortly after he arrived at the arena. It is unclear how long Harris will be out with the knee soreness. Harris was a late lineup scratch in Friday's impressive victory over the Milwaukee Bucks at Barclays Center.
The Brooklyn Nets beat the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday, 125-117. It is Brooklyn's ninth win in a row and 13th victory in their last 14.
[Milwaukee Bucks](https://theathletic.com/nba/team/bucks/)on Friday, not to mention those 91 first-half points the game before against the defending-champion [Warriors](https://theathletic.com/nba/team/warriors/). [Kevin Durant](https://theathletic.com/nba/player/kevin-durant-ho6h1sijyi2PAURU/)continued his torrid play with 32 points, nine boards and five assists, and passed both Tim Duncan (26,496 points) for 15th on the [NBA](https://theathletic.com/nba/)’s all-time scoring list, and Kobe Bryant (1,827 3-pointers) for 21st all-time in 3s. “You’re hearing less noise about other things and it seems like every conversation is about basketball now. Irving, playing against the franchise that drafted him on the 11th anniversary of his pro debut, was electric with 32 points on 7-of-11 shooting from 3-point range. “From the outside looking in, it just appears that basketball is the main thing,” Cavs coach J.B.Bickerstaff said, in opining about the Nets. “When we step into the gym every single day it’s about basketball,” the Nets’ new coach Jacque Vaughn said.
It won't be easy, of course, but if the Nets do beat the Cavs on Monday night they'll end up passing them and landing in 3rd place in the Eastern Conference - a ...
If the Nets can stay close in the rebounding department, it will go a long way in helping them extend the winning streak. Brooklyn tied the Bucks on the boards on Friday night, and they’ll be facing another elite rebounding team in Cleveland. Opponents are only shooting 43.9% from the field against Allen and JA has been a force on the boards as well. The battle at center will be incredibly fun tonight. Mobley will likely draw the unenviable assignment of guarding Kevin Durant. KD is impossible to handle and it’s going to take a total team effort to force him off his spot and push him into difficult shot attempts.
The Cavs take on the Nets for the first time this season.
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