NBA

Cleveland Cavaliers at Brooklyn Nets

· National Basketball Association
27-20, 12-9 Away

vs

12-31, 6-17 Home
Regular Season Series

CLE leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Nets: 22.7%
Cavaliers: 77.3%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

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W3 Streak L4
116.9 Points Against 114.8
7-3 Last Ten Games 1-9
119.1 Points Per Game 108.3
47 Field Goal % 44
36 Three Point % 35
44.8 Rebounds Per Game 40.1
28.3 Assists Per Game 25.3
5.2 Blocks Per Game 4.4
8.7 Steals Per Game 7.6
0.7 Team Turnovers Per Game 0.7
14.4 Total Turnovers Per Game 15.2
Brooklyn Nets Brooklyn Nets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Noah Clowney, F Out Jan 25
Nolan Traore, G Out Jan 24
Cam Thomas, G Out Jan 24
Haywood Highsmith, F Out Jan 19
Cleveland Cavaliers Cleveland Cavaliers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
De'Andre Hunter, F Day-To-Day Jan 25
Sam Merrill, G Out Jan 25
Luke Travers, F Day-To-Day Jan 25
Chris Livingston, F Day-To-Day Jan 25
Darius Garland, G Out Jan 18

Cavaliers Last 5

Date OPP Result
@ PHI W 117-115
vs OKC L 136-104
@ CHA W 94-87
vs SAC W 123-118
@ ORL W 119-105

Nets Last 5

Date OPP Result
vs CHI W 112-109
@ CHI L 124-102
vs PHX L 126-117
@ NY L 120-66
vs BOS L 130-126 2OT

Game Information

Barclays Center

Location: Brooklyn, NY
Capacity:

2025-26 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit 33 11 .750 - W1
Cleveland 27 20 .574 7.5 W3
Chicago 23 22 .511 10.5 W4
Milwaukee 18 26 .409 15 L2
Indiana 11 35 .239 23 W1

2025-26 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Boston - 17 L1 0.62222224 28
New York 1 18 W2 0.6 27
Toronto 1 19 W3 0.59574467 28
Philadelphia 3.5 20 L1 0.54545456 24
Brooklyn 15 31 L4 0.27906978 12
Full Standings

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