Brooklyn Nets (17-49, 13th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (35-31, ninth in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n
Philadelphia; Saturday, 1 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
BOTTOM LINE: VJ Edgecombe and the Philadelphia 76ers host Nic Claxton and the Brooklyn Nets in Eastern Conference action.<\/p>\n
The 76ers are 8-7 against opponents in the Atlantic Division. Philadelphia is sixth in the Eastern Conference scoring 115.8 points while shooting 46.0% from the field.<\/p>\n
The Nets are 3-10 against opponents from the Atlantic Division. Brooklyn is the worst team in the Eastern Conference scoring averaging just 106.9 points per game while shooting 44.6%.<\/p>\n
The 76ers\u2019 12.5 made 3-pointers per game this season are just 0.1 fewer made shots on average than the 12.6 per game the Nets allow. The Nets\u2019 44.6% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.6 percentage points lower than the 76ers have allowed to their opponents (47.2%).<\/p>\n
The teams square off for the fourth time this season. The Nets won 114-106 in the last meeting on Dec. 24. Michael Porter Jr. led the Nets with 28 points, and Joel Embiid led the 76ers with 27 points.<\/p>\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Edgecombe is scoring 15.3 points per game with 5.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists for the 76ers. Quentin Grimes is averaging 14.6 points and 3.4 rebounds while shooting 46.8% over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n
Claxton is averaging 12 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists for the Nets. Noah Clowney is averaging 12.7 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
LAST 10 GAMES: 76ers: 5-5, averaging 115.4 points, 40.5 rebounds, 24.5 assists, 10.3 steals and 4.6 blocks per game while shooting 47.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 118.6 points per game.<\/p>\n
Nets: 2-8, averaging 107.5 points, 38.0 rebounds, 26.2 assists, 7.3 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 121.9 points.<\/p>\n
INJURIES: 76ers: Andre Drummond: day to day (back), Tyrese Maxey: out (finger), Johni Broome: out (knee), Adem Bona: day to day (back), Joel Embiid: out (oblique), Kelly Oubre Jr.: out (elbow).<\/p>\n
Nets: Ziaire Williams: day to day (illness), Egor Demin: out for season (foot), Day\u2019Ron Sharpe: out for season (thumb), Michael Porter Jr.: day to day (ankle), Nolan Traore: day to day (rest).<\/p>\n
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Nets (17-49, 13th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (35-31, ninth in the Eastern Conference) Philadelphia;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[23937,27813,22427,25160,3840,63152,5955,54924,43202,63150,4794,10377,915,237,238,63149,63151,40,28,69,1002,71,70,23931,726,12920,10795,63153],"class_list":["post-137133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-adem-bona","tag-andre-drummond","tag-athlete-injuries","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-data-skrive","tag-dayron-sharpe","tag-joel-embiid","tag-johni-broome","tag-kelly-oubre","tag-michael-porter-jr","tag-nba","tag-nba-basketball","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nicolas-claxton","tag-noah-clowney","tag-pa-state-wire","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-quentin-grimes","tag-sports","tag-tyrese-maxey","tag-vj-edgecombe","tag-ziaire-williams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}