Portland Trail Blazers (45-27) vs. Brooklyn Nets (38-36)
Location: At Moda Center, Portland, Oregon
Time: Monday, 7 p.m. PT
TV: NBC Sports Northwest, NBA TV
Radio: Rip City Radio 620 AM
Streaming: Find streaming options here (including PlayStationVue, Hulu, Apple TV, Fubo TV and more); NBA League Pass (subscription required; local games and nationally televised games are blacked out).
Live updates
About the Nets
The Nets are in sixth place in the Eastern Conference. ... Brooklyn is coming off two consecutive road wins, a 123-121 win against the Sacramento Kings and a 111-106 win against the Los Angeles Lakers. ... Overall, the Nets are 2-3 on their current seven-game road trip and 8-7 since the All-Star break. ... Brooklyn ranks 28th in offense (105.4 points per 100 possessions), third in defense (105.2 points per 100) and 15th in net rating (+0.3 points per 100) since the All-Star break. ... Nets point guard D'Angelo Russell leads the team in scoring (22.3 points per game), assists (8.1) and steals (1.7) since the All-Star break. ... Brooklyn is 17-20 on the road this season.
About the Trail Blazers
The Trail Blazers are in fourth place in the Western Conference, one game behind the third-place Rockets and two games ahead of the fifth-place Clippers. ... Portland is coming off a 117-112 win against the Detroit Pistons. ... The Blazers have won three in a row and their 11-4 record since the All-Star break is third best in the NBA. ... Portland guard Damian Lillard is averaging 30.3 points, 12.0 assists, 4.3 rebounds, 1.7 steals and shooting 54 percent from the field and 52 percent from the 3-point line in the three games since CJ McCollum was injured. ... The Blazers rank second in offense (115.7 points per 100 possessions), 16th in defense (109.6 points per 100), and fourth in net rating (+6.1 points per 100) since the All-Star break. ... Portland is 28-9 at the Moda Center this season, tied for the sixth-best home winning percentage in the NBA.
Injury Report
The injury report will be updated
Nets: OUT: Allen Crabbe (sore right knee)
Blazers: OUT: CJ McCollum (left knee)
3-on-3 Blazers podcast
Listen to the most recent edition of the 3-on-3 Blazers podcast:
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- on Google Play
Jared Cowley writes about the Trail Blazers and other topics for KGW.com. He's also the co-host of the 3-on-3 Blazers podcast (listen here). You can reach him on Twitter @jaredcowley.