The Nets have played much better of late. Now they’ll face the league’s best. Riding an NBA-high four-game winning streak, with six wins in a row at home, the Nets will put that on the line Sunday …
The Nets have played much better of late. Now they’ll face the league’s best.
“Yeah, we’ve got to be solid, you know? We can’t make mistakes ourselves, because they capitalize on it,” Kevin Durant said. “So we’ve just got to be solid, be ready to play. I’m excited about it.” But they will have to play a more complete game against Boston than they did Friday, when they ran out to a 36-point cushion against the Raptors before losing focus and having to hold on in the final stages.
Simmons will miss a third straight game with the strain, after a swollen knee cost him a total of five earlier this season. He is expected to be evaluated again after Sunday. Watanabe will miss his eighth consecutive game.Boston guard Marcus Smart is questionable for Sunday with a left hip contusion.
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